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Old 04-11-2007, 11:26 AM
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If it grows to 6 inches twice would it still be gross if you stepped on it?
My Great Aunt Ev would have said that's a non-issue as it's bad luck to kill spiders.

Here's the weight: one to three OUNCES. That's it. So, how does that change the ratio? Let's say a 5'8" person, weighing 150lbs. What ratio makes it sound the least impressive? Remember, I'm trying to make the point that spiders aren't really all that scary, when you compare us by size.

You guys are the best; thanks for helping me with this.

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http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...ula-video.html
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Old 04-11-2007, 11:32 AM
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My Great Aunt Ev would have said that's a non-issue as it's bad luck to kill spiders.

Here's the weight: one to three OUNCES. That's it. So, how does that change the ratio? Let's say a 5'8" person, weighing 150lbs. What ratio makes it sound the least impressive? Remember, I'm trying to make the point that spiders aren't really all that scary, when you compare us by size.

You guys are the best; thanks for helping me with this.

Here's video:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...ula-video.html
Well by weight, it would take 800 of them to equal a 150 lb human being, and that's being generous in saying that every single one of them weighs a full three ounces.

So in reality, they are about one tenth of one percent the weight of an "average" human. Not so scary.
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Old 04-11-2007, 11:34 AM
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Well by weight, it would take 800 of them to equal a 150 lb human being, and that's being generous in saying that every single one of them weighs a full three ounces.

So in reality, they are about one tenth of one percent the weight of an "average" human. Not so scary.
To further illuminate it, this guy could lift some 3800 of them.
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Old 04-11-2007, 11:33 AM
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Well that's not going to be that impressive....your 150lb person is 2400 ozs

so that's 1/800when it comecome weight. Size wise I think Brian has the right idea...maybe height/length/width of each compared or something like that.
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