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Offline Darwins Selection

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Re: Spiders 1 - Conkers 0
« Reply #15 on: October 28, 2013, 09:29:42 PM »
Quote from: Grumpmeister on October 28, 2013, 07:21:13 PM
Quote from: Nick (GC First Class) on October 28, 2013, 12:25:21 PM
I am sure your cats never achieve that  whistle:

True but cats have a far more developed brain than spiders....  whistle:

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Quote from: Nick (GC First Class) on October 28, 2013, 01:24:10 PM
Tel informs me that the conkers need to be cut in half as the spiders do not like the smell.

This of course means that spiders must have noses  rubschin:

Several prolly.....

You are actually closer there than you might think BM, because a spider's cardio respiratory system is incredibly basic (which also limits its maximum size) it uses small pits in the lower leg called tarsal organs to detect smells. They do prefer some smells to others, for exampe the Kenyan Vampire Spider is attracted to the smell of unwashed feet and dirty socks but as far as repelling them try essential oils such as teatree or citrus as they could be overpowering to the receptors.

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Re: Spiders 1 - Conkers 0
« Reply #16 on: October 29, 2013, 07:04:01 AM »
Quote from: Darwins Selection on October 28, 2013, 09:29:42 PM
Quote from: Grumpmeister on October 28, 2013, 07:21:13 PM
Quote from: Nick (GC First Class) on October 28, 2013, 12:25:21 PM
I am sure your cats never achieve that  whistle:

True but cats have a far more developed brain than spiders....  whistle:

Quote from: Barman on October 28, 2013, 01:27:27 PM
Quote from: Nick (GC First Class) on October 28, 2013, 01:24:10 PM
Tel informs me that the conkers need to be cut in half as the spiders do not like the smell.

This of course means that spiders must have noses  rubschin:

Several prolly.....

You are actually closer there than you might think BM, because a spider's cardio respiratory system is incredibly basic (which also limits its maximum size) it uses small pits in the lower leg called tarsal organs to detect smells. They do prefer some smells to others, for exampe the Kenyan Vampire Spider is attracted to the smell of unwashed feet and dirty socks but as far as repelling them try essential oils such as teatree or citrus as they could be overpowering to the receptors.

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Wot Wiki said  :thumbsup:

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Re: Spiders 1 - Conkers 0
« Reply #17 on: October 30, 2013, 12:20:09 AM »
Not Wiki you blundering bucket wearing buffoon.  cussing:

When I was doing my nurse training I had a biology/anatomy tutor who used to love going off on a tangent so I picked up loads of random facts like that. The essential oils thing is just a guess.
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Re: Spiders 1 - Conkers 0
« Reply #18 on: October 30, 2013, 03:51:03 AM »
Quote from: Grumpmeister on October 30, 2013, 12:20:09 AM
Not Wiki you blundering bucket wearing buffoon.  cussing:

When I was doing my nurse training I had a biology/anatomy tutor who used to love going off on a tangent so I picked up loads of random facts like that. The essential oils thing is just a guess.

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Re: Spiders 1 - Conkers 0
« Reply #19 on: October 30, 2013, 06:37:45 AM »
Quote from: Grumpmeister on October 30, 2013, 12:20:09 AM
Not Wiki you blundering bucket wearing buffoon.  cussing:

When I was doing my nurse training I had a biology/anatomy tutor who used to love going off on a tangent so I picked up loads of random facts like that. The essential oils thing is just a guess.

Of course, of course.... pathead:
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Re: Spiders 1 - Conkers 0
« Reply #20 on: October 30, 2013, 09:49:25 AM »
We should rename him Googlemeister  whistle:
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Re: Spiders 1 - Conkers 0
« Reply #21 on: October 30, 2013, 09:52:40 AM »
Quote from: Miss Demeanour on October 30, 2013, 09:49:25 AM
We should rename him Googlemeister  whistle:

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Re: Spiders 1 - Conkers 0
« Reply #22 on: October 30, 2013, 10:11:50 AM »
I don't like Spiders either but one 'trick' I have perfected over the years (to give me time to dash off and get an appropriate receptacle to catch and place them in for later disposal) is to SHOUT at them....

Something along the lines of STAY THERE YOU HAIRY THING will generally stop it in their tracks (must be the vibration I guess) and then container can be placed over and them removed


However shouting the same thing a lot of times also helps overcome the hebby gebbies of catching the buggers in the first place


Once done then a bottle of wine (for me) is reward  cloud9:
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Re: Spiders 1 - Conkers 0
« Reply #23 on: October 30, 2013, 10:13:38 AM »
Does it work with BM too?
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Re: Spiders 1 - Conkers 0
« Reply #24 on: October 30, 2013, 10:16:15 AM »
Quote from: Nick (GC First Class) on October 30, 2013, 10:13:38 AM
Does it work with BM too?

I think that we all know that vino works for BM vibrators vibrations and shouting are a different matter and maybe they should remain private. eyes: ;)
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« Reply #25 on: October 30, 2013, 10:32:33 AM »
Actually have just remember my ''last'' spider catching experience and before Bm posts it will admit that it wasn't what one could call a great success:

Climbed onto the kitchen counter to dislodge spider (who had been shouted at) into a container but then missed my footing back onto the step ladder and fell flat onto the floor tiles......................................

Hospital followed  NickSick with confirmation of cracked L1 vertebrae  redface:


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« Reply #26 on: October 30, 2013, 11:50:25 AM »
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Re: Spiders 1 - Conkers 0
« Reply #27 on: October 30, 2013, 01:38:49 PM »
Quote from: Landlady on October 30, 2013, 10:32:33 AM
Actually have just remember my ''last'' spider catching experience and before Bm posts it will admit that it wasn't what one could call a great success:

Climbed onto the kitchen counter to dislodge spider (who had been shouted at) into a container but then missed my footing back onto the step ladder and fell flat onto the floor tiles......................................

Hospital followed  NickSick with confirmation of cracked L1 vertebrae  redface:


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Re: Spiders 1 - Conkers 0
« Reply #28 on: October 30, 2013, 01:40:12 PM »
And covering the floor and stairs with conkers is a safer option eh?  rubschin:
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Re: Spiders 1 - Conkers 0
« Reply #29 on: October 30, 2013, 01:40:53 PM »
Quote from: Nick (GC First Class) on October 30, 2013, 01:40:12 PM
And covering the floor and stairs with conkers is a safer option eh?  rubschin:

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