Been there done that. I once came around a tree when brush-hogging and ran slap into a huge web with one of these BIG Florida Banana-Spiders in it right at mid chest level. I tell you what,it got me across my chest and I have never shut down a Tractor so fast in my Life. I was doing a Break Dance trying to get off the back of the tractor and on to the ground ,while scrambling to get that Spider and Web off of me. Needless to say He got Brush-Hogged.( Florida Banana-Spiders can get really big and this was a Grand-Daddy of one.) Have a Great Day and Be Safe !
Been there, done that, got the t-shirt! Funny story, one day I was walking through the parking lot to the grocery store and the guy in front of me started gyrating and waving his arms around. I thought that is strange, and then it hit me …… Literally! Pretty quick I was doing the dance also. Doggone spider webs can be anywhere.
Hubby can do a week’s worth of cardio in about five minutes if he gets tangled up in a spider web. I call it an arachni-leptic fit. I am not bothered by either snakes or spiders, so our roles are reversed.
I think I told this once before, but it fits here. I was staying at an Eco-camp in the Peruvian Amazon and we were on a guided walk through the jungle. Every so often we would encounter a large spider web stretched across the path between trees on either side. One time the guide stopped and pointed out the web and explained that the spider (a very large one in the center of the web) had excreted two different types of filament to make the web. There were two or three horizontal strands running between the trees, and the traditional web netting was hung on those strands. The guide said the horizontal strands were very strong as he plucked one and it vibrated like a guitar string, and it didn’t stick to his finger. Then he touched the netting and it did stick to his finger and as he pulled away the whole net stretched out, deforming until it broke loose and snapped back into a normal shape. The guide did a limbo under the web so as not to break it, while the rest of us walked around it.
jpayne4040 over 5 years ago
That sounds like the most effective exercise motivation program yet!
HappyDog/ᵀʳʸ ᴮᵒᶻᵒ ⁴ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵘⁿ ᵒᶠ ᶦᵗ Premium Member over 5 years ago
Love the comment; hate the web.
chromosome Premium Member over 5 years ago
Running into a spider web is about the only way anyone sees me dancing.
Space & Kitten over 5 years ago
Been there done that. I once came around a tree when brush-hogging and ran slap into a huge web with one of these BIG Florida Banana-Spiders in it right at mid chest level. I tell you what,it got me across my chest and I have never shut down a Tractor so fast in my Life. I was doing a Break Dance trying to get off the back of the tractor and on to the ground ,while scrambling to get that Spider and Web off of me. Needless to say He got Brush-Hogged.( Florida Banana-Spiders can get really big and this was a Grand-Daddy of one.) Have a Great Day and Be Safe !
Leojim over 5 years ago
Been there, done that, got the t-shirt! Funny story, one day I was walking through the parking lot to the grocery store and the guy in front of me started gyrating and waving his arms around. I thought that is strange, and then it hit me …… Literally! Pretty quick I was doing the dance also. Doggone spider webs can be anywhere.
bobpeters61 over 5 years ago
The worst part is when I’ve gotten the web off my face, settle down, realise the spider’s still on me and have a second fit in front of the neighbors.
cuzinron47 over 5 years ago
Looks like he could use more spider webs.
WCraft Premium Member over 5 years ago
That would’ve made a great AFV entry!
banjinshiju over 5 years ago
It wasn’t the web that made him run. It was the foot long banana spider in the web.
Dani Rice over 5 years ago
Hubby can do a week’s worth of cardio in about five minutes if he gets tangled up in a spider web. I call it an arachni-leptic fit. I am not bothered by either snakes or spiders, so our roles are reversed.
HappyDog/ᵀʳʸ ᴮᵒᶻᵒ ⁴ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵘⁿ ᵒᶠ ᶦᵗ Premium Member over 5 years ago
I think I told this once before, but it fits here. I was staying at an Eco-camp in the Peruvian Amazon and we were on a guided walk through the jungle. Every so often we would encounter a large spider web stretched across the path between trees on either side. One time the guide stopped and pointed out the web and explained that the spider (a very large one in the center of the web) had excreted two different types of filament to make the web. There were two or three horizontal strands running between the trees, and the traditional web netting was hung on those strands. The guide said the horizontal strands were very strong as he plucked one and it vibrated like a guitar string, and it didn’t stick to his finger. Then he touched the netting and it did stick to his finger and as he pulled away the whole net stretched out, deforming until it broke loose and snapped back into a normal shape. The guide did a limbo under the web so as not to break it, while the rest of us walked around it.