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Why are spiders more scary than sharks?

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Why are spiders more scary than sharks?
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Why are spiders more scary than sharks?
September 5, 2014 at 6:46 pm
Think the title says it all....

Given the amount of damage each creature can do, and one is our predator, why the imbalance??
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RE: Why are spiders more scary than sharks?
September 5, 2014 at 6:47 pm
(September 5, 2014 at 6:46 pm)lifesagift Wrote: Think the title says it all....

Given the amount of damage each creature can do, and one is our predator, why the imbalance??

Because we do not live in the sea.
If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. - J.R.R Tolkien
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RE: Why are spiders more scary than sharks?
September 5, 2014 at 6:50 pm
(September 5, 2014 at 6:47 pm)Tobie Wrote:
(September 5, 2014 at 6:46 pm)lifesagift Wrote: Think the title says it all....

Given the amount of damage each creature can do, and one is our predator, why the imbalance??

Because we do not live in the sea.

yep, but spiders won't bite your leg off !
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RE: Why are spiders more scary than sharks?
September 5, 2014 at 6:51 pm
Spiders are NOT more scary than sharks. Spiders, if treated properly, are our friends. Sharks are utterly terrifying.

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RE: Why are spiders more scary than sharks?
September 5, 2014 at 6:55 pm
(September 5, 2014 at 6:51 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Spiders are NOT more scary than sharks. Spiders, if treated properly, are our friends. Sharks are utterly terrifying.

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That's of course your opinion.... and my wife would disagree massively with you...

And if I never go in water, sharks are pussies!!!
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RE: Why are spiders more scary than sharks?
September 5, 2014 at 6:55 pm
I should think it was real hard to kill a shark with a rolled up newspaper.
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RE: Why are spiders more scary than sharks?
September 5, 2014 at 6:56 pm (This post was last modified: September 5, 2014 at 6:58 pm by ShaMan.)
I'm a surfer in No. Cal. Plenty of sharks (so they say). I've never feared sharks. I LOVE spiders. I'm not sure I... never mind... Carry on.
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RE: Why are spiders more scary than sharks?
September 5, 2014 at 6:57 pm
(September 5, 2014 at 6:55 pm)lifesagift Wrote:
(September 5, 2014 at 6:51 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Spiders are NOT more scary than sharks. Spiders, if treated properly, are our friends. Sharks are utterly terrifying.

Boru

That's of course your opinion.... and my wife would disagree massively with you...

And if I never go in water, sharks are pussies!!!

You clearly haven't seen the 'Sharknado' documentaries.

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RE: Why are spiders more scary than sharks?
September 5, 2014 at 6:59 pm
(September 5, 2014 at 6:57 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:
(September 5, 2014 at 6:55 pm)lifesagift Wrote: That's of course your opinion.... and my wife would disagree massively with you...

And if I never go in water, sharks are pussies!!!

You clearly haven't seen the 'Sharknado' documentaries.

Boru

What?
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RE: Why are spiders more scary than sharks?
September 5, 2014 at 7:01 pm (This post was last modified: September 5, 2014 at 7:02 pm by Jackalope.)
(September 5, 2014 at 6:46 pm)lifesagift Wrote: Think the title says it all....

Given the amount of damage each creature can do, and one is our predator, why the imbalance??

Sharks don't crawl in and out of your mouth while you sleep.

Seen plenty of sharks while scuba diving - they're not nearly as threatening as you might expect. On the other hand, moray eels and stonefish I give a lot of respect to. Morays because they're hostile and capable of doing real damage, and stonefish because they aren't hostile - but they look like damn rocks and have extremely poisonous spines.
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