Time to nuke the UK from orbit

HecarimOP

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Came across this video earlier. My initial thought after seeing the thumbnail was something along the lines of 'Thank god I live in the UK where we don't get spiders like that'. After watching the video and reading the uploader comments it appears he's actually from UK and that species of spider is indeed found here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segestria_florentina

Mother of god :eek: I will never sleep again.
 
Stop animal abuse. That poor spider was minding its own business and you were trying to invade his privacy. How'd you feel if a titanosaur did this to you and poked you with his giant tail? I hope a tentacle finds you and pokes you like you did to this spider.
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lol
 
This is why space programs need to get a move on, so we can move to a planet where these buggers don't exist.
 
Uploader has updated video info. Looks like this was filmed in Jersey, not within the UK. Still though, I had no idea spiders like this could be found in the UK. They must be fairly rare, never seen one of even heard of someone seeing one.
 
Apparently some Irishman got bit by a redback spider and died. Not sure if legit as it's only been reported on irishmirror and irishindepndent which I didn't even know exist :p
 
I thought this thread was going to be about some political or terrorist based thing, or something about 'the youth of today'
 
It's a Tube Web Spider...I know because my dad kills these for a living :D. Sure I read that these are fairly common in the UK. The bite is a little disconcerting though (for UK Spider). Taken from Wiki:

"Its bite is reportedly quite painful.[1] It has been compared to a "deep injection", and the pain can last for several hours.[2]

Two neurotoxins and one insecticide were found in the venom.[10] The venom reduces the rate and amount of sodium inactivation. Bites are reported to feel like a bee sting but do not have any lasting effects.[11]"

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/lat...e-infested-with-venomous-green-fanged-spiders
 
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