Benji Posted June 28, 2006 Report Share Posted June 28, 2006 Cactus? Be careful what you bring back from holiday A true story and its source was the Australian Quarantine Inspection Service in Adelaide. A bloke and his family were on holidays in the United States and went to Mexico for a week. An avid cactus fan, the man bought one-metre high, rare and expensive cactus there. On arrival back home Australian Customs said it must be quarantined for 3 months. He finally got his cactus home. Planted it in his backyard, and over time it grew to about 2 metres. One evening while watering his garden after a warm spring day, he gave the cactus a light spray. He was amazed to see the plant shiver all over, he gave it another spray and it shivered again. He was puzzled so he rang the council who put him on to the state gardens people. After a few transfers he got the state's foremost cactus expert who asked him many questions. How tall is it? Has it flowered? Etc. Finally he asked the most disturbing question. "Is your family in the house?" The bloke answered yes. The cactus expert said get out of the house NOW, get on to the front nature strip and wait for me; I will be there in 20 minutes. Fifteen minutes later, 2 fire trucks, 2 police cars and an ambulance came screaming around the corner. A fireman got out and asked "Are you the bloke with the cactus?" I am, he said. A guy jumped out of the fire truck wearing what looked like a space suit, a breathing cylinder and mask attached to what looked like a scuba backpack with a large hose attached. He headed for the backyard and turned a flame-thrower on the cactus spraying it up and down. After a few minutes the flame-thrower man stopped, the cactus stood smoking and spitting, half the fence was burnt and parts of the gardens were well and truly scorched. Just then the cactus expert appeared and laid a calming hand on the bloke's shoulder. "What the hell's going on?" he says. "Let me show you" says the cactus man. He went over to the cactus and picked away a crusty bit, the cactus was almost entirely hollow and filled with tiger striped bird-eating tarantula spiders, each about the size of two hand spans. The story was that this type of spider lays eggs in this type of cactus and they hatch and live in it as they grow to full size. When full size they release themselves. The cactus just explodes and about 150 dinner plate sized hairy spiders are flung from it, dispersing everywhere. They had been ready to pop. The aftermath was that the house and the adjoining houses had to be vacated and fumigated: police tape was put up outside the whole area and no one was allowed in for two weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam_b Posted June 28, 2006 Report Share Posted June 28, 2006 I fucking hate spiders. To the extent that I just lifted my feet up off the floor in case there were any massive things like that crawling on the floor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
french_disko Posted June 28, 2006 Report Share Posted June 28, 2006 A true story and its source was the Australian Quarantine Inspection Service in Adelaide. why do people persist in repeating these "true" stories when a quick search on google shows them up to be complete bollocks? http://www.hoax-slayer.com/cactus-spider.htmlOh, that's right - it's a "laugh". Gullible fools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metarie Posted June 28, 2006 Report Share Posted June 28, 2006 I fucking hate spiders. To the extent that I just lifted my feet up off the floor in case there were any massive things like that crawling on the floor.Me too. I don't care if it's a hoax or not, my skin is crawling just thinking about the possibility of my being anywhere near a spider that big. Eeergh!I'm such a girl sometimes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arcadian Posted June 28, 2006 Report Share Posted June 28, 2006 One of my mates told me that same story about 3 years ago, shame it's ot real though, I like the concept of exploding spider cactii, what a gift to give enemies and friends alike! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psydoll Posted June 28, 2006 Report Share Posted June 28, 2006 why do people persist in repeating these "true" stories when a quick search on google shows them up to be complete bollocks?Every time it's repeated we're a step closer to ridding the world of the threat of your neighbours buying a giant cactus full of spiders and causing your house to be fumigated.No one wants that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted June 28, 2006 Report Share Posted June 28, 2006 My ex next-door-neighbour has McBeans coffe shop, and used to grind coffee beans in his garage. I once took in my washing from the back green and found a very unusual, massive, coffee-bean looking spider lurking in amongst my socks. I suppose I SHOULD have contacted somebody to check it out, but I just ejected it out the door into Holburn Street, swearing in a high-pitched voice (me, not the spider). Fortunately nobody was reported dead due to spider bites! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kan' Sharuminar Posted June 28, 2006 Report Share Posted June 28, 2006 Every time it's repeated we're a step closer to ridding the world of the threat of your neighbours buying a giant cactus full of spiders and causing your house to be fumigated.No one wants that.Well said, and a good lesson in life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NULL Posted June 28, 2006 Report Share Posted June 28, 2006 peyote cacyus for sale, cheap more than 1 for sale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benji Posted June 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2006 http://www.hoax-slayer.com/cactus-spider.html So true. The spiders don't even have bad venom, nor do they get raised in a cactaii. Still, it made me shiver just thinking of a cactus popping open and unleashing 150 of these spiders as I stood watching in my flip-flops and robe, dropping globuals of shit with every square inch covered! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoonie Posted June 29, 2006 Report Share Posted June 29, 2006 that's not a hoax, it actually happened to me yesterday. shat myself i did! /x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hog Posted June 29, 2006 Report Share Posted June 29, 2006 Most "Tiger-striped" Tarantulas come from Venezuela and Costa Rica, not Mexico. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benji Posted June 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2006 Most "Tiger-striped" Tarantulas come from Venezuela and Costa Rica' date=' not Mexico.[/quote']And most Gnats come from Scotland, I still see em in Wales. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Neubeatz Posted June 30, 2006 Report Share Posted June 30, 2006 peyote cacyus for sale' date=' cheap more than 1 for sale[/quote']gimme 5 bro! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NULL Posted June 30, 2006 Report Share Posted June 30, 2006 gimme 5 bro! I only have 3 one is grafted to a sp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pogofish Posted July 3, 2006 Report Share Posted July 3, 2006 why do people persisthttp://www.hoax-slayer.com/cactus-spider.htmlIMO' date=' about the only thing worse than an urban-myth reposter is an [b']ancient urban myth reposter! Go find some new ones puleeze! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun Posted July 3, 2006 Report Share Posted July 3, 2006 damn, i was hoping it'd turn out to be a triffid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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