Face your fears!

[chantillylace]

The idea is to attach a picture of the thing you fear most.

If this :smiley35: er ever crawled on me I swear I'd have heart failure!

http://www.5050.co.za/images/V3070603.JPG

[FerrariSucks]

I am the same, can't do spiders, Im glad to hear that in the UK there are no spiders that can break human skin.

[calmc]

Don't believe that Ferrarisucks! I've seen a couple here that could do some damage. They classed as 1 of the UK's big five, along with the fox, pigeon, squirrel and rats.

[FerrariSucks]

What is it called?

[calmc]

Its a spider!:smiley9:

[TiGeR]

i think you'll find Ferrari was looking for the spider's classification info-genus, phenotype, venom strength etc

[biffon]

haha

[RustyBear]

You forgot the badger lol


Don't believe that Ferrarisucks! I've seen a couple here that could do some damage. They classed as 1 of the UK's big five, along with the fox, pigeon, squirrel and rats.

[Shayne]

:smiley36:

[Poison]

HAHAHAHAHAH Whats that called Shayne?

Chantillyphobia???

[Shayne]

These things make me shit my brookies.

http://www.abc.net.au/science/scribblygum/january2004/img/f_gomek.jpg

[biffon]

a bit of trivia - that croc in the pic is dead, killed by another croc nearly half his size..
i think his name was samson (the one that killed it) or something... quite a vicious animal! - i think crocs have their place at the top of my list closely followed by....
Bruce the white pointer
http://www.maneatingsharks.com/Images/GreatWhite/gws42.jpg

[Shayne]

Those damn camel spiders or V8's as we called them in Zim are serious! Items used to chase you.

http://www.bradmesser.com/images2004/camelspider2.jpg

[biffon]

fortunately shayne the V8's you refer to were hunting spiders not camel spiders... camel spiders are literally 2 feet long and have nippers as long as your pinky finger... not something to mess with.

but i agree hunting spiders zoomed in on vibration so if you walked past they would make a beeline for you! scary shit dude, my sister used kak load at charara when we stayed there cause there was always V8's there... haha :D

[Shayne]

Origins: The photo displayed above does indeed show camel spiders encountered in Iraq, but a number of the claims about them multi-legged creatures made in accompanying text are inaccurate or exaggerated.

Claims of camel spiders being flesh-eating anesthesia-injecting beasts are folklore, not reality, so worry not that those serving in our country's armed forces in Iraq are having to deal with man-eating creepy-crawlies the size of small cats.

Camel spiders, also known as wind spiders, wind scorpions, and sun scorpions, are a type of arthropod found (among other places) in the deserts of the Middle East. They're technically not spiders but solifugae (http://www.enhg.org/b/b16/16_25.htm) (although, like spiders, they belong to the class Arachnida). Camel spiders are the subject of a variety of legendary claims, many of them familiar to Americans because they were spread by U.S. servicemen who served in the Persian Gulf War in 1991, and re-spread at the beginning of the Iraq War in 2003:

Camel spiders can grow to be as large as dinner plates.
Camel spiders can traverse desert sand at speeds up to 25 MPH, making screaming noises as they run.
Camel spiders can jump several feet in the air.
Camel spiders eat the stomachs of camels and lay their eggs there, hence the name "camel spider." (Legend includes the detail that camel spiders eat camel stomachs from either the outside in or the inside out. In the former case they supposedly jump up from the ground and grab onto camels' bellies from underneath; in the latter case exactly how spiders allegedly as large as dinner plates get into camels' stomachs intact remains unexplained.)
Camel spiders are venomous, and their venom contains a powerful anesthetic that numbs their victims (thus allowing them to gnaw away at living, immobilized animals without being noticed). U.S. soldiers were said to have been attacked by camel spiders at night but remained completely unaware of their plight until they awakened in the morning to find chunks of their flesh missing.These claims are all false. Camel spiders (so named because, like camels, they can be found in sandy desert regions, although they aren't technically spiders) grow to be moderately large (about a 5"-6" leg span), but nowhere near as large as dinner plates; they can move very quickly in comparison to other arthropods (a top speed of maybe 10 MPH), but nothing close 25 MPH; they make no noise; and they capture prey without the use of either venom or anesthetic. Camel spiders rely on speed, stealth, and the (non-venomous) bite of powerful jaws to feed on small prey such as other arthropods (e.g., scorpions, crickets, pillbugs), lizards, and possibly mice or birds. They use only three pairs of legs in running; the frontmost pair (called pedipalpa) is held aloft and used in a similar manner to the antennae of insects. Camel spiders shun the sun and generally hide during the day, coming out at night to do their hunting.

Although the creatures shown in the photograph above appear to be far too big for camel spiders, they look misleadingly large because of their closeness to the camera, which creates an illusion of exaggerated size. (Note their size in comparison to the uniform sleeve which appears in upper right-hand portion of the picture.)

http://www.snopes.com/photos/bugs/camelspider.asp

[biffon]

OK now.... then they could be close relatives of the hunting spider as they look similar and run the same way.....

pity about the disapointing size - really dampened my enthusiasm there :D

[biffon]

who remembers those bomber wasps, that used to come out at night, big ass, dark orange colour used to try sting you if you picked it up by its wings, usually resulting in the insect being hurredly dropped...

those things gave me the heeby jeebies!

[Shayne]

You know what gave me the shits. Running through the garden into a nest of those horrid golden orb spiders with the yellow webs. It was like hitting a washing line the web was so strong.

[Adam]

:smiley36:



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[chantillylace]

There used to be loads of those webs near the mupfure river in Chegutu, there'd usually be about 5 or 6 spiders on each web. Oh man, I feel all funny just thinking about them!

What about those huge lizards that live near the rivers? I can't remember what they're called but I've been chased by one or two of them. Huge things - monitor lizards but we had a different name for them!

http://www.fotosearch.com/comp/DGV/DGV306/421004.jpg

[Adam]

The comodo dragons are the one in asia am i correct???

[chantillylace]

No there were ones in Zim. Huge bastards that used to chase you near the rivers. We used to call them something like 'legumes'! I can't remember the word!

[Adam]

Is it an Iguana??????

[chantillylace]

No! Damnit I'm trying to find it on google but it must be a name that is particular to Zim. L..l....l...l...leg..... Biffon might know!

[Adam]

Ok one last try is it a legavuan????

[izabokkeman]

i would say Legavuan, those bastards had a killer bite, my mom use to call the m bloukop's dont ask me why she is a strange on.

[chantillylace]

Yes - a legavaun! Well done! Those things could run so bloody fast and they were really viscious!

[biffon]

i used to go fishing for them... we had heaps on our dam and i would use a big rubber worm with a big hook to catch them ... yeah i know im a total sadist!

[chantillylace]

What the the bloody hell did you do with them once you caught one?

[izabokkeman]

they a bitch to catch buy hand let me tell you, one got stuck in a swimming at the country club in triangle, what a palaver

[biffon]

id skin it and use the skin for watch straps/ bangles etc..


no honestly id just let the poor bugger go again..
they were a handful to get the hook out though! :D

[Richard]

by biggest fear is that shayne enjoys cat porn.

[izabokkeman]

that is distubing, i wonder how many pet cats he has? :whistling: my biggest fear would have to be snakes those things shit me up big:smiley11:

[RustyBear]

My biggest fear is while spearfishing, getting caught by a croc and being submerged and drowning while going through the pain of being crushed in its jaws

[chantillylace]

You mean you don't want to land up like this?
http://www.petandwildlife.com/anphibians/images/articles/man-eating_american_crocodile.jpg

[izabokkeman]

I would say that has to be one awful way to go, lack of air plus pain of being grazed, remind me never to swim in kariba again............. ah hec ignorance is bliss

[Richard]

that goes so well with your LIFE IS LIKE A CRAP SANDWICH

[RustyBear]

Poor bugger but yeah thats exactlly what i mean.

You mean you don't want to land up like this?
http://www.petandwildlife.com/anphibians/images/articles/man-eating_american_crocodile.jpg

[biffon]

eeeewww sis! im feeling a little green right now

[chantillylace]

Not as green as the man in the pic though!

[biffon]

oh god you are just too much!!!
thats just wrong chants!!

[RustyBear]

You cant even imagine the smell those buggers stink even when they are alive

[chantillylace]

You cant even imagine the smell those buggers stink even when they are alive

Huh? Are we still talking about the green man?

[TiGeR]

leguawaans?... (SP!?) ja, pretty crazy lizards...

[izabokkeman]

what green man??? are the aliens coming again, dont let them take me please not again nooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sally]

dont worry mate, the aliens just want to prod you in your willy, it will only hurt for a few hours...maybe days?!!

[Kate Maloney]

http://www.ento.vt.edu/Fruitfiles/GreenSB.jpg

I really don't mind insects in general, but, i can't stand stink bugs.

[chantillylace]

http://www.ento.vt.edu/Fruitfiles/GreenSB.jpg

I really don't mind insects in general, but, i can't stand stink bugs.

I agree - they taste like coriander! But roasted flying ants and fried mopane worms are magic!:smiley2:

[zambezilover]

flying ants raw are quite good, creamy on the inside

[sally]

i used to collect them and then fry them in a little butter, yummy!!!!

[Kate Maloney]

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Biggest fear of all time, is being raped by someone with AIDS! Or just getting AIDS full stop...

[sally]

I hear you!!!

[Poison]

Pictures never came out..

[kfm]

flying ants raw are quite good, creamy on the inside


Aaaagh - SIS man!!!! These things give me the eebies!!!!

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[Poison]

They are only Grass hoppers though.. I used to love catching them when I was young..

[kfm]

I can't cope with them - think its the legs and those googly eyes...:naughty: Hmmmm - no chance!

[Shayne]

This FREAKS me out! Remember Fear factor when the contestants had to eat African cave dwelling spiders?

http://www.nbc.com/Fear_Factor/images/408_stunt_200x156.jpg

[sally]

thats nast, but i have a sudden fear of cats all of a sudden!!!???

[zambezilover]

wouldnt eat a spider thats for sure. I used to collect all kinds of insects in my pockets when I was young and then forget about them in there until my mom found them much to her disgust

[sally]

your poor mother!!

[dallas]

since I hate spiders and you have all done those ones here is another creepy bugger

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[Nyala]

I'd say one of my biggest fears is to be attacked and killed by any beastie - lion, hyena, elelphant. This pic, originally posted by Poison, gives me the chills........


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[nightape]

Well now, I am facing my worst fear.......

[nightape]

No seriously, rabies freaks me out big time! More than any beastie, large or small.

[Raevoyn]

Frogs! Yeuch!!!

[biffon]

http://jeff.paterson.net/aw/images/burnt.jpg

i believe this is the worst way to die sorry!

[Nyala]

OMW....whats the story behind the pic?

[biffon]

it is the remains of an Iraqi truck driver caught up in a bombing raid by the US. Taken by some british Journo. Never been shown in the US media.

death by fire is just the most horrific way to go, i think

[byovixen]

My worst fear is snakes, they really freak me out:310:
Had an encounter with a rattlesnake last year when I was hiking, must say it was the fastest part of the hike, but I was reduced to tears for while afterwards.:smiley19: http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:e0cymNOxUQ_IYM:http://www.alongtheway.org/rattlesnakes/images/western-tail.jpg

[Chick]

My worst fear is mossies inside the net

[Chick]

I am fearful I will bash my boyfriends car whilst driving, which makes me a nervous driver which means I will probably crash.

[zimajays]

I hate frogs - they scare the s**t outta me - I don't mind anything else, snakes spiders scorpions not a problem - but frogs, especially them white things that live on the door handles at chirudu - sis

[Chick]

5562 So ZJ you won't like this post

[zimajays]

ta chick

shudders

[Chick]

ta chick

* zimajays shudders

thinks a neg rep for this post is to be expected and deserved.

[zimajays]

nah, I am sure everyone else will jump on the band wagon, infact I can see barto now!!!

[barto11]

thinks he should neg rep chick for posting a pic of a frog...shudders and moves on, forgetting to neg rep

[Chick]

* barto11 thinks he should neg rep chick for posting a pic of a frog...shudders and moves on, forgetting to neg rep

Awww Barto, is this you being supportive of ZJ? Got a warm fuzzy feeling. Only ZJ can neg rep me for the frog cause she admitted her fear of frogs.

*evil laugh and heads into google for photo of blood*

[barto11]

not being supportive of zj...but any picture of frogs give me the heebie jeebies...there, i said it..i'm scared of frogs

[zimajays]

not being supportive of zj...but any picture of frogs give me the heebie jeebies...there, i said it..i'm scared of frogs


thanks barto love you too...

[barto11]

when it comes to what i fear...i dont stick around fast enough support anyone, sorry zj

[zimajays]

i hear you love, show me a frog and you see me do the 100m sprint at more then a sadate walk!!:smiley36:

[Strawbs]

I am horridly afraid of these two.. geckos and midgets... frogs come a close 2nd and clowns a close 3rd.... the first 2 are in joint 1st place...

:smiley11: :smiley11: :smiley11:

[sally]

hahahaha, little men hahahaha

[Chick]

I am scared of all 14105

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[Sam Edwards]

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41069000/jpg/_41069480_centipede_pa_ok2.jpg

You should have seen me trying to copy and paste this pic...these buggers give me the 100% heebeejeebees, and scorpions are not far behind...and big dogs
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/6/66/20060506103452!Centipede.jpg&imgrefurl=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Centipede.jpg&h=599&w=685&sz=174&tbnid=YNSirv7TL9kScM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=103&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dcentipede%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=centipede&hl=en&usg=__vbfTgsdLJVQCov6Dtn6vbagW62E=&sa=X&ei=68gOTpbyCYyDhQfBi83bDQ&ved=0CEIQ9QEwAw

[pennymac]

Yeah, not keen on centipedes.
But snakes win hands down for me. I see snakes everywhere. When I'm snorkelling I see seaweed which looks like long grass and I always think it's a snake. It's not an unreasonable fear though, snakes in Australia are bigger and better and deadlier than in the rest of hte world I gather.

[sarahe]

http://www.outdoorsmagic.com/members/images/31918/gallery/Striding_Edgeweb.jpg

Ok, so a silly fear really, I'm terrified of gravel paths with steep slopes on the side that I can fall down. I CANNOT walk along this type of path. My legs freeze up. I was never like this when I was little. I walked striding edge when I was 3 with no problem. Now I wont go near...

Even more terrified if its cold and covered with ice... Now that really is my worst fear!

[Tricky Nicky]

Snakes and Spiders - can't do either! Fortunately where I live the spiders are tiny and the only adders we get live down South!

[pennymac]

you don't understand, I have to see snakes sometimes.
We were taking the dogs down to the beach and saw TWO snakes along the path, and not nice little wee ones either, huge big enormous ones!!! I jumped about a metre in the air, people coming the other way thought it was hilarious!

[Sam Edwards]

you don't understand, I have to see snakes sometimes.
We were taking the dogs down to the beach and saw TWO snakes along the path, and not nice little wee ones either, huge big enormous ones!!! I jumped about a metre in the air, people coming the other way thought it was hilarious!
Pmsl at that mental image...Sorry Pen.
Im like that if or when someone walks up to me with a big dog and I dont realise they coming or a dog barks and I am not expecting it.. I think I made Pam almost cry with laughter one night when a dog and their owner snuck up on me. I dont know who got the bigger fright, me the dog at my reaction or the owner. I think I even made Pam jump.

[pennymac]

I try my very best not to be scared of big dogs, but I came out of my gate once, and there was a rotweiler right there! And my tiny little pooch had run out before me, I was very concerned that this dog would just inhale him.
When I saw your first fear Sam, I remembered one time when there was a HUGE one in my bed!! egh, it gave me the creeps.
(there was a baby bat under my pillow once too, but that just gave me a fright, I'm not really afraid of them).

[sally]

i am petrified of snakes cant even look at them on the TV!! i am also very scared of heights!

[boards]

me and you both Sal!

funny i keep thinking i am seeing a nyoka on the path when i run in the forests down here.. if its a stick lying in the path i usually jump 3 feet high and in the opposite direction! not sure why my brain plays tricks on me but snakes.. nasty.

and walking along one of the extinct volcanoes in kenya i was bending down and hugging the ground almost - not clever when you are a few weeks into a relationship and tryin to look tough and rugged!

[sally]

bwahahahahahahaha that is funny! i got stuck up a ladder, i could not get down, really embarassing!!!

[Sam Edwards]

bwahahahahahahaha that is funny! i got stuck up a ladder, i could not get down, really embarassing!!!
I did that climing a boabab tree once...got 3/4 of the way up fine, then there was a part where you had to lean over sideways and grab this dent thing and I made the mistake of looking down...by then I was sort of half way across so from the ground I was spread eagled across this tree but would not let go of either end so could not get further up or get down. Had to get my friends cousin to climb up the tree and peel me off. (I had a soft spot for him...but was too embarressed to talk to him after that)

[zimboykie]

Have to admit too that heights don't do it for me. The fear of losing your footing & falling to land awkwardly & break bones, etc, gives me the squirts.