Biological Curiosities thread.

[GoldenFox93]

FLUORESCENT BLUE FANGS ??

You're probably thinking of Cobalt Blues. Might be wrong though.

[System32]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portia_%28spider%29

Among my favorite spider list. I have read about them before, their intelligence is mind-boggling when compared to that of other spiders.

I thought you'd hate them.
 
They kill their own kind!

[Naryar]

The thing that puzzles me is bioluminescence on spiders, and on FANGS ??

Maybe it would be used like anglerfishes (attract prey) but still...

[Urjak]

The thing that puzzles me is bioluminescence on spiders, and on FANGS ??

There are no bioluminescent spiders. Viper is probably thinking of the cobalt blue Tarantulas as Goldenfox already mentioned.

[Viper89]

I seen the biggest one I've ever seen in my life it was about the size of tarantula no joke,

I don't think so. There are no Jumping spiders that big, the largest of them are no more than 20 mm, about two centimeters. There is a South American species of Tarantula that may be able to jump a moderate distance, but not like the jumping spider.

Hmm well their is no tarantulas here in Newyork, their are orb weavers, orb weavers with the spikes on their abdomen(can't remember the name), Barn funnel weaver and Crab spiders. I know what jumping spiders look like and it was defiantly one, maybe comparing it to a tarantula was a wrong size estimate because tarantula's are big  but it was defiantly 3-4 times the size it should of been. Though I have never seen one that big ever again. @ Nary yes it had blue fangs.   

[Naryar]

The thing that puzzles me is bioluminescence on spiders, and on FANGS ??

There are no bioluminescent spiders.

As i thought.

@Viper: When you mentioned fluorescent i thought it was bioluminescence, hence the "wat" moment from me :P

[Resetti's Replicas]

****ing magnets, how do they work?

[Naryar]

****ing magnets, how do they work?

wat

[Viper89]

The thing that puzzles me is bioluminescence on spiders, and on FANGS ??

Maybe it would be used like anglerfishes (attract prey) but still...

I just found this: "As all spiders in the genus Phidippus, it has iridescent green   chelicerae" So the fangs are not blue , and the pic  is a Bold Jumping Spider so it had to be one of these.

[Resetti's Replicas]

****ing magnets, how do they work?

wat

You know, it's from that Insane Clown Posse song.  If you've not heard it yet, you really ought to.  It's like a really bloody car accident you can't help but look at.  Watch:

[Naryar]

Yes, but why are you posting this here ?

[Resetti's Replicas]

Yes, but why are you posting this here ?

You know, the topic is "biological curiousities," and I thought..... it was, in my mind anyways, a clever humorous reference.....tough crowd.

[Naryar]

No, sorry, all what you are doing is going off-topic

[Urjak]

[I just found this: "As all spiders in the genus Phidippus, it has iridescent green   chelicerae" So the fangs are not blue , and the pic  is a Bold Jumping Spider so it had to be one of these.
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Nice looking spider there. Still though, they only grow to ~20mm in diameter. What you are referring to seems to be around the 4-5 inch mark, or about 100-130 mm.

[Viper89]

[I just found this: "As all spiders in the genus Phidippus, it has iridescent green   chelicerae" So the fangs are not blue , and the pic  is a Bold Jumping Spider so it had to be one of these.
(Image removed from quote.)

Nice looking spider there. Still though, they only grow to ~20mm in diameter. What you are referring to seems to be around the 4-5 inch mark, or about 100-130 mm.

Looking at a ruler I would have to say it was 50-60mm which is still pretty big, 100-130mm is way to big. I've been searching all day to try and find something that might match besides Jumping Spider, but up here where I live it can't be anything else but a Jumping Spider. Maybe it's just one of those freak of nature incident's when things get bigger than their supposed to be .

[Naryar]

Once i saw a giant earwig, it was more than 1.5 times as long as a normal one. My cousin dubbed it "the earwig alien queen" :P

[Urjak]

Did you guys know that earwigs actually have fairly large wings and can fly? And that it is the wing shape that gives the earwig its name...

[Viper89]

Did you guys know that earwigs actually have fairly large wings and can fly? And that it is the wing shape that gives the earwig its name...

No I did not know that . So that's how they got their name, do they really go into a person ears or is that just a myth?

[Urjak]

do they really go into a person ears or is that just a myth?

Total myth. I mean they could climb into your ear on accident, but they don't aim for it and would probably just crawl right back out.

[Naryar]

Their cerci (abdominal pincers) aren't dangerous anyway.