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10/23/2008 04:52:56 AM · #1 |
Giant Spider Eating a Bird caught on Camera
Photographs of a giant spider eating a bird in an Australian garden have stunned wildlife experts. The pictures show the spider with its long black legs wrapped around the body of a dead bird suspended in its web.
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10/23/2008 04:54:20 AM · #2 |
Can I have your address please?
So I know where to send the psycologist bill.
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10/23/2008 06:56:00 AM · #3 |
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10/23/2008 07:10:34 AM · #4 |
I really hate spiders....
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10/23/2008 07:18:27 AM · #5 |
| I can't see it at work (blocked site) and am hoping I'll forget to look when I get home... |
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10/23/2008 08:12:14 AM · #6 |
Well, looks like my dreams of visiting Autralia are off. No amount of shrimp on the barbie is worth dealing with spiders like that. You Ozzies are nuts!
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10/23/2008 08:19:23 AM · #7 |
| Now we know why it's so easy for them to get good "macro" shot of spiders! LOL! |
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10/23/2008 08:21:06 AM · #8 |
| Hey, spiders must make a living too! They are just filling their slot in the circle. |
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10/23/2008 08:30:13 AM · #9 |
Not sure if the picture is a hoax or not, but those finches are really small birds, so the spider is smaller than it looks. We have those spiders around our place sometimes, and they are not that big, I assure you.
We're safe to visit, honest :) Most of our spiders are harmless, and we have anti-venom for the others that aren't :)
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10/23/2008 08:44:12 AM · #10 |
ack !
this makes me think they are as big as they look. and what's small to you is relative...
Originally posted by linkedsite:
Mr Shakepeare said he had seen Golden Orb Weaver spiders as big as a human hand but the northern species in tropical areas were known to grow larger. |
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10/23/2008 09:15:29 AM · #11 |
Originally posted by Lonni:
We're safe to visit, honest :) Most of our spiders are harmless, and we have anti-venom for the others that aren't :) |
I feel so much better now... |
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10/23/2008 09:22:19 AM · #12 |
Originally posted by Lonni:
Not sure if the picture is a hoax or not, but those finches are really small birds, so the spider is smaller than it looks. We have those spiders around our place sometimes, and they are not that big, I assure you.
We're safe to visit, honest :) Most of our spiders are harmless, and we have anti-venom for the others that aren't :) |
I read this:
Australia is inhabited by many venomous creatures. Many live on the land and include snakes (8 of the world̢۪s 10 deadliest land snakes), spiders and insects. However Australia̢۪s oceans are also home to many venomous creatures including jellyfish, stinging fish and sea snakes. Below is a list of those creatures whose venom is known to harm man and animals.
Snakes:
Black snakes, brown snakes, copperheads, death adders, fierce snakes, rough scaled snakes, sea snakes, taipans, tiger snakes.
Arthropods:
Funnel web spiders, redback spiders, white-tailed spiders, mouse spiders, bees, beetles, centipedes, millipedes, scorpions, stinging ants, ticks, wasps, caterpillars.
Marine creatures:
Blue ringed octopuses, cone snails, jellyfish, sea snakes, stinging fish, stingrays, stonefish
Others:
Platypuses
And I almost choked LOL!! Are you guys trying to trick us into coming there? Is this some sort of conspiracy? Once we get there, is there a way back out?
;)
OP, thanks for that video... nightmare inducing... LOL
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10/23/2008 09:32:10 AM · #13 |
My six year old thought that was cool.
I did not. |
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10/23/2008 09:33:14 AM · #14 |
Good thing I cant sleep anyway as this would keep me up at night, spiders are the only thing that really scare the shit out of me. Don't know why but they just do. there isn't much else I actually "fear" other than these little buggers... Thanks for the nightmares memories ;)
I think we need a new tick box at the bottom of the post submission just under "Post Contains Adult Content" we should have "Post Contains Potentially Horrifying Content"
Message edited by author 2008-10-23 09:35:19.
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10/23/2008 10:35:01 AM · #15 |
Originally posted by dknourek:
Good thing I cant sleep anyway as this would keep me up at night, spiders are the only thing that really scare the shit out of me. Don't know why but they just do. there isn't much else I actually "fear" other than these little buggers... Thanks for the nightmares memories ;)
I think we need a new tick box at the bottom of the post submission just under "Post Contains Adult Content" we should have "Post Contains Potentially Horrifying Content" |
I fear wasps. I hate those things |
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10/23/2008 10:55:22 AM · #16 |
Originally posted by TCGuru:
Originally posted by Lonni:
Not sure if the picture is a hoax or not, but those finches are really small birds, so the spider is smaller than it looks. We have those spiders around our place sometimes, and they are not that big, I assure you.
We're safe to visit, honest :) Most of our spiders are harmless, and we have anti-venom for the others that aren't :) |
I read this:
Australia is inhabited by many venomous creatures. Many live on the land and include snakes (8 of the world̢۪s 10 deadliest land snakes), spiders and insects. However Australia̢۪s oceans are also home to many venomous creatures including jellyfish, stinging fish and sea snakes. Below is a list of those creatures whose venom is known to harm man and animals.
Snakes:
Black snakes, brown snakes, copperheads, death adders, fierce snakes, rough scaled snakes, sea snakes, taipans, tiger snakes.
Arthropods:
Funnel web spiders, redback spiders, white-tailed spiders, mouse spiders, bees, beetles, centipedes, millipedes, scorpions, stinging ants, ticks, wasps, caterpillars.
Marine creatures:
Blue ringed octopuses, cone snails, jellyfish, sea snakes, stinging fish, stingrays, stonefish
Others:
Platypuses
And I almost choked LOL!! Are you guys trying to trick us into coming there? Is this some sort of conspiracy? Once we get there, is there a way back out?
;)
OP, thanks for that video... nightmare inducing... LOL |
The list sounds about like Florida. Don't forget that both places have gators and crocks too. : )
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10/23/2008 11:33:05 AM · #17 |
I would love to feel that web. If it can capture and hold a bird, even a small one, it has got to be strong.
Capture one for me please and send it over, I promise i'll feed it only cute little kittens. |
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10/23/2008 01:57:08 PM · #18 |
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10/23/2008 02:20:04 PM · #19 |
| If that first shot is genuine that is the scariest f*****g thing I have seen all year. |
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10/23/2008 03:30:15 PM · #20 |
Dear God
Please help me get this image out of my mind before I have to go to sleep.
Amen
YIKES!!!
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10/23/2008 03:59:04 PM · #21 |
| UGH! Poor bird. Note to self: NEVER walk into a spiderweb ANYWHERE in Australia! |
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10/24/2008 01:10:02 AM · #22 |
| I just pooped my pants. That spider is so creepy |
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10/24/2008 01:25:57 AM · #23 |
The webs are really not that strong. That's why I think it might be a hoax.
Last year though, there was an invasion of those very same spiders in Sydney - they were everywhere, and I was afraid of going into my courtyard at night because they liked to set up their webs between the wall and my clothes line. Freaky :)
They were not bird-sized though- there bodies were not even a centimetre across- I swear!
ETA - Actually, I did a bit more research, and it's not a hoax. Apparently those spiders grow much bigger in the far North of Australia. So just come to Sydney- you'll be fine :)
Message edited by author 2008-10-24 01:29:56.
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10/24/2008 01:57:57 AM · #24 |
| I get them, every summer when it's hot in Melbourne. Golden orb spiders like to spin their webs at night, at eye level, in open airy places and corridors.....ie my driveway, between two tall hedges!! It's very frightening, in the dark of night, when I go to close the gate, and walk into a web, knowing what's lurking in wait for me. Still, I dont think ours are as aggressive as that, to kill a bird.....must be a North Queensland thing. But these days I take a torch when I go to close the gate at night. |
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10/24/2008 02:07:45 AM · #25 |
Wow, what a beautiful spider! :D
We didn't see any like that in Aus, dammit. The only spider I really noticed was one under my feet in my friend's kitchen and it was just a little guy, maybe an inch across. I was going to scoop it and put it outside when our friend told me it was poisonous. For once, I let someone kill a spider, lol. |
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