and the Jesuit Residence won!
That's hilarious!
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and the Jesuit Residence won!
That's hilarious!
The name of billy's link told me all I needed to know about not clicking on it. It has the word giant in it. Not a good adjective with the critters in question.
Jesuits always seem like they're the shady priests in movies and such.
Also worth noting that the Jesuits also aren't real big on the vow of obedience, either.
Yet they have a special one about obedience directly to the Pope that is different than most other orders.
During the Reformation, they were often considered the Pope's Army.
Also, one of the guys behind the Gunpowder Plot, Garnet, I think, was a Jesuit.
The order that educated me was Sisters of Notre Dame. Not the French version, but the German.
The name of billy's link told me all I needed to know about not clicking on it. It has the word giant in it. Not a good adjective with the critters in question.
The spider in question is a golden orb spider, or Nephila. They can be big buggers, with a body length over 5 cm. There was a prehistoric version 165 milliion years ago, Nephila jurassica, which reached 24 cm long (and is the largest spider we know of).
They are venomous and their bite causes a reaction, but it's not powerful enough to be particularly dangerous. A black widow spider poses a greater threat. Unless you're a snake, apparently.
I remember that scarf they made out of golden orb silk. Stunningly beautiful.
SO not clicking Billytea's link. No.
I would love to visit Australia. Just with no spiders.
I would love to visit Australia. Just with no spiders.
I recommend southern Australia. (Incidentally: Sydney has the genuinely venomous funnelweb spider, but in all the visits I have made to Sydney in my forty-plus years, I have never seen one outside a zoo, not even once.)
The spider in question is a golden orb spider, or Nephila.
Really? Because I was going to go with Acromantula.
Spiders fascinate me. Over *there*.
Have a wonderful trip, sarameg!
Funnel web was caught in the house where I was staying. Fun times.