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Title: Mouse infestation? Just get an Aussie spider to help ...
Post by: rowdy on Sun, 23 October 2016, 21:55:52
https://www.facebook.com/jason.womal/videos/10210975485810259/
Title: Re: Mouse infestation? Just get an Aussie spider to help ...
Post by: fublamchu on Sun, 23 October 2016, 22:40:51
I think my heart rate spiked seeing that...   :-\
Title: Re: Mouse infestation? Just get an Aussie spider to help ...
Post by: Halverson on Sun, 23 October 2016, 23:04:48
Firstly, expected a mouse spider(which I've caught on the beach).
Secondly, huntsman are best pest control :) 
Title: Re: Mouse infestation? Just get an Aussie spider to help ...
Post by: tp4tissue on Mon, 24 October 2016, 00:10:32
OMG..

That is a pretty powerful spider..

Did it killz0r the mouse, or scavenge a dead mouse.
Title: Re: Mouse infestation? Just get an Aussie spider to help ...
Post by: rowdy on Mon, 24 October 2016, 04:51:17
Anecdotal evidence does not indicate how, exactly, the mouse met its fate.

Yes, huntsman spiders are big bastards.

Excuse me while I check the walls and ceilings now ...
Title: Re: Mouse infestation? Just get an Aussie spider to help ...
Post by: chyros on Mon, 24 October 2016, 05:02:27
It's amazing it still clings to the walls with the weighs of a whole mouse on it Oo .

Also this is terrifying, you Aussies really ought to cut down on the spoidahs a bit D: .
Title: Re: Mouse infestation? Just get an Aussie spider to help ...
Post by: rowdy on Mon, 24 October 2016, 05:08:41
I've done my bit, but for every one that is, say, re-homed, there are 1000 more waiting to take its place.

I guess the snakes were too busy this time ...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2774552/Snakes-ROOF-Homeowner-terrified-snake-emerges-light-fittings.html
Title: Re: Mouse infestation? Just get an Aussie spider to help ...
Post by: rowdy on Mon, 24 October 2016, 21:00:08
There's a solution for a bird infestation too:

http://reptilepark.com.au/animals/spiders/australian-spiders/bird-eating-spider/

Who's planning a visit down here?
Title: Re: Mouse infestation? Just get an Aussie spider to help ...
Post by: fohat.digs on Mon, 24 October 2016, 21:04:14
Quote from: rowdy on Mon, 24 October 2016, 21:00:08

Who's planning a visit down here?

Always a problem with demolition is when it forces the unseen inhabitants to move into new digs nearby ....
Title: Re: Mouse infestation? Just get an Aussie spider to help ...
Post by: nugglets on Mon, 24 October 2016, 21:31:55
Quote from: rowdy on Mon, 24 October 2016, 21:00:08
There's a solution for a bird infestation too:

http://reptilepark.com.au/animals/spiders/australian-spiders/bird-eating-spider/

Who's planning a visit down here?

Expected to see this... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goliath_birdeater I used to be able to order just about anything I wanted while working at a pet store in high school, this was one of several shock-value purchases. Thing was a ****ing monster. It's fangs were over an inch long, easily.

Yours is still pretty big, though.