Talk:Spider fighting

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I believe spider fighting is more popular in the rural areas than here in Manila, where spiders themselves are rare and various ordinances are enacted against it.--Lenticel ^(talk) 04:48, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Picture

I have access to sugar cane fields where the sons of itenerant cane cutters collect fighting spiders, however, these arachnids only become ubiquitous when the summer becomes exceptionally dry, as was the case during the last El Niño season. Will provide pic at the earliest opportunity. -- • Kurt Guirnela • ‡ ^Talk 02:25, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Hope to see the pic soon, I very curious on what species it is.—Lenticel ^(talk) 04:57, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

I recently uploaded some images of fighting spiders. -- • Kurt Guirnela • ‡ ^Talk 08:26, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] I'm curious about this sport

I assumed from the text that a spider fell off the stick, lost the battle and lived to fight another day - however from looking at the photos it seems that the spider that loses, ends up as lunch for the winner.

Is getting eaten a by-product of losing, but not required as far as the rules go, for a loss? do many/any/some spiders lose, but live to fight another day?

in this article, a video might be awesome.Sennen goroshi 13:23, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

It usually depends upon what the spider owners agree upon; the little boys seem to like to see one of the combatants eventually wrapping its opponent in silk (ends up as lunch). The hard-core bettors seem to agree upon the "fall-from-the-stick-three-times-and-loses" approach; the losing spider does keep life and limb, but usually only for a time. Injuries such as bites to the legs or worse, to the body weakens the injured spider. They usually don't last for more than a day after being injured. I'll see what I can do about a video. -- • Kurt Guirnela • ‡ ^Talk 05:05, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

a warning - personally I see nothing wrong with spider fighting, i must admit i consider dog fighting/cock fighting/most blood sports to be cruel and barbaric - but i couldn't care less about spiders - however beware of editors with major issues against blood sports complaining about this. I hope no one has a problem with this, as even though Im a total animal lover, I think the concept of spider fighting sounds pretty interesting. I used to keep a preying mantis, and it was great to watch that hunt - do people in the Philippines ever use anything other than spiders? the idea of a Mantis fight, sounds interesting.Sennen goroshi 14:29, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

Well, if anyone complains, we always resolve issues with Consensus. Anyway, the content in the article is purely encyclopedic. Cockfights are big in the Philippines, top breeders raise all sorts of bloodlines here. When I was a kid we used to have rhinoceros or june beetle fights, but I don't consider that a blood sport; the bugs never injure each other, they simply lose if they fall over on their backs and can't roll over again. -- • Kurt Guirnela • ‡ ^Talk 23:39, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] probable species

it seems that these guys are members of the genus Araneus--Lenticel ^(talk) 06:43, 28 April 2008 (UTC)