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[Roundabout Lout]

Is it disturbing I find that cute?

Cute spiders? It's more likely than you think.

Cute Giant Cave Spiders? THAT'S disturbing.

I have NEVER seen a cute spider....until now that is. D'AWWWW

[Axe27]

You've been spotted!
You are trapped in the web!
The Giant Cave Spider bites you in the head!
It is cut!
The Giant Cave Spider shakes the head around!
It is mangled!
The Giant Cave spider shakes the head around!
It is torn off!
You have been struck down.

[Hectonkhyres]

Is it disturbing I find that cute?

Cute spiders? It's more likely than you think.

Cute Giant Cave Spiders? THAT'S disturbing.

Ooooh.... oooze a cute widdle spider. You are! You are!
AAgH! It was only a ruse! Its TRyINg to dEVour my EYes! itS laYINg EgGs in mah BrAin!

Ok... I desperately need to mod GCS in as a world's skulking race. Basically every time you have ever seen a kobold, it would be replaced by an armor wearing, dagger wielding Giant Cave Spider. Civilizations would only survive through worldgen in areas far, far away from any caves.

[Dakk]

On other hand, giant scorpions are pretty much harmless, since they have to grab you before using the stinger.
Anyway, someone really needs to make a giant whip spider, imagine a GCS, only with 2 whip like appendages and 2 long arms with claws.



I think they're the closest you can get from a GCS IRL, these things can grow up to 40cm.

Hey, losing IS fun, now it'll just be a little creepier!

[Hectonkhyres]

Clockspider... is that you??

[Astus Ater]

...still cute looking for some reason.

[Overdose]

On other hand, giant scorpions are pretty much harmless, since they have to grab you before using the stinger.
Anyway, someone really needs to make a giant whip spider, imagine a GCS, only with 2 whip like appendages and 2 long arms with claws.



I think they're the closest you can get from a GCS IRL, these things can grow up to 40cm.

Hey, losing IS fun, now it'll just be a little creepier!

What about a Huntsman spider? I've seen some pretty damned big ones in my time......

[Neoskel]

On other hand, giant scorpions are pretty much harmless, since they have to grab you before using the stinger.
Anyway, someone really needs to make a giant whip spider, imagine a GCS, only with 2 whip like appendages and 2 long arms with claws.



I think they're the closest you can get from a GCS IRL, these things can grow up to 40cm.

Hey, losing IS fun, now it'll just be a little creepier!

That's a whip scorpion, and it is neither a spider nor a scorpion. They're also called vinegaroons because they can secrete a vinegary smelling chemical. And they are freakin' awesome.

In the newer Peter Jackson King Kong movie they had giant whip scorpions (among other giant critters) and they were awesome. They unfolded from cracks in the cliff face.

Giant whip scorpions would be the perfect defence for an evil sorceror's clifftop fortress. The plucky hero climbs the cliffs during a thunderstorm to try and avoid detection and eventually comes upon a ledge with several dark cave entrances. As he prepares a torch to investigate the caves several long, thin apendages, very much like antennae, poke out from each of the cave entrances. As the hero brings his now lit torch up the apendages quickly retract. The hero chooses a cave at random and steps forward til he is just in the opening. He extends his torch to try and get a better view and glimpses a brief glimmer off a shiny surface. Then he feels a soft tap on his shoulder...

[Cheshire Cat]

never understand peoples huge fear of huntsmen. they are pretty docile spiders who don't bite unless you really rile them, and even they they do its no more then a nasty bee sting.

spiders are one of my favourite creatures, and if you want cute exceptionally look up the jumping spiders.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Saitis.barbipes.male.waving.jpg

there is a guy who i play tennis with who takes liking spider to a crazy new level. he told me a story of how he pulled into work and was looking for his wallet when a huge huntsmen crawled up the back of his seat and onto his shoulder. rather then have a heart attack like any normal person he left it there and walked into his office with it, leaned down to say hi to his receptionist who reacted like you would expect and knocked her monitor off the desk trying to get out of the room.

only GCS i found was in a chasm in fort mode. i was thrilled, and set about rigging a passage full of cage traps to nab it before i tunneled onto its shelf. Tamed it with the dungeon master and put it up for adoption. it was picked up by one of my legendary engravers who had "likes cave spiders for something or other". once I'm done prettying up the place hes getting drafted   and we shall see if the spider follows him into combat.

EDIT: why can i never make images from outside sites display?

[Dakk]

That's a whip scorpion, and it is neither a spider nor a scorpion. They're also called vinegaroons because they can secrete a vinegary smelling chemical. And they are freakin' awesom

But aren't whip scorpions the one with the whip like appendage for a tail? Also, whip scorpions are smaller then the average whip spider, but i wound't like to meet any of them to prove it.

 

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Whip Spider

Also, a nice feature about them that would be fun to see in DF is that they're mostly blind, and use their whips to feel their way around, So in DF, unelss you got like, 3 tiles close to it, it wound't know you even were there (they would smell you, but wound't start attacking until they felt you), but once they finally found you, they you'd wish you had run into a regular GCS instead.

[LegoLord]

I dunno, those "cute" spiders don't look cute to me, just not hideous.

[Erom]

I wouldn't call spiders "cute", but they are kind of endearing, because they're so fuzzy.

[Hectonkhyres]

I wouldn't call spiders "cute", but they are kind of endearing, because they're so fuzzy.

They are cute enough that I feel compelled to find a toy version of the big-eyed one to give to my 1 1/2 year old niece. She would love it.

[LegoLord]

I wouldn't call spiders "cute", but they are kind of endearing, because they're so fuzzy.

They are cute enough that I feel compelled to find a toy version of the big-eyed one to give to my 1 1/2 year old niece. She would love it.

Or be traumatized by the sight of such a large, hairy spider.

[JoshuaFH]

I wouldn't call spiders "cute", but they are kind of endearing, because they're so fuzzy.

They are cute enough that I feel compelled to find a toy version of the big-eyed one to give to my 1 1/2 year old niece. She would love it.

Or be traumatized by the sight of such a large, hairy spider.

Or be traumatized by it's cuteness!