Bird Eating Spider

skateboard · 05-08-2009, 11:52 AM

Hi All,

This slashdot post got me wondering if there are bird eating spiders.

http://science.slashdot.org/article..../05/07/1533231

and sure enough I found these gems:

Link:
http://thepirata.com/mammoth-bird-eating-spider

Shawnee123 · 05-08-2009, 11:53 AM

I'd like to place an order: 10,000 of those birds please. However, those gigantic freaking spiders can stay wherever it is they live.

Wait...the spider is eating the bird? I thought it was a "bird eating (a) spider" not a "bird-eating spider" until I read the link. Oh hell...eff that!

Sundae · 05-08-2009, 12:24 PM

That's in one of the image threads Skateboard (not that I expect you to check the hundreds of pages!)

Wanna know a really scary thing?
Aussies think that sort of thing is normal.
Tip: never get into a household pest conversation with an Aussie. Half their indigenous wildlife is poisonous and the other half can maim you in some way.

skateboard · 05-08-2009, 12:27 PM

Sundae, I searched "spider" and didn't find it. I must say I was surprised it hadn't been posted already. My bad.
:-)

Undertoad · 05-08-2009, 12:31 PM

I remember the praying mantis killing the hummingbird, but not a spider.

classicman · 05-08-2009, 12:45 PM

Didn't Ali post something about these giant spiders or maybe it was an IotD?

DanaC · 05-08-2009, 04:53 PM

Yeah.....that's probably 'cause you used the 'search' function. Has anybody ever successfully found anything they were looking for using the search?

TheMercenary · 05-08-2009, 05:09 PM

Aliantha · 05-08-2009, 06:09 PM

We did have a thread about 'golden orb spiders' which grow large enough to like birds as prey, and my part in the thread started with me saying that I have some of those in my garden. Most people do, and that they're quite common, although in the smaller form. They mostly only grow really large in tropical areas.

SG, we have plenty of cute cuddly marsupials for those of you not keen on the scarier wildlife.

This is the thread

ZenGum · 05-08-2009, 10:01 PM

Merc, do you reckon those are camel spiders? Or just nightmares come to life?

TheMercenary · 05-09-2009, 02:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZenGum

Merc, do you reckon those are camel spiders? Or just nightmares come to life?

Camel spiders. A lot of troops brought home pics of them after Desert Storm 1.

Sundae · 05-09-2009, 04:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aliantha

SG, we have plenty of cute cuddly marsupials for those of you not keen on the scarier wildlife.

I seem to remember a warning in the cute marsupials thread (giving water to koalas) that they can cut you to the bone... Face it, Ali - Australia is out to get you.

Razzmatazz13 · 05-09-2009, 11:06 PM

Seriously, I was considering coming for a visit, back when I had 'net friends there...until I realized that it's all full of evil, evil deadly things

DucksNuts · 05-10-2009, 04:46 AM

I've seen those bird-eating spiders in the ..err...flesh...they are fucking scary and Im not typically scared of spiders.

Here's my back yard companion...

DucksNuts · 05-10-2009, 04:52 AM

And even scarier...
(sorry)

05-08-2009, 11:52 AM	#1
skateboard Alphabetarian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NYC Posts: 12	Bird Eating Spider Hi All, This slashdot post got me wondering if there are bird eating spiders. http://science.slashdot.org/article..../05/07/1533231 and sure enough I found these gems: Link: http://thepirata.com/mammoth-bird-eating-spider

05-08-2009, 11:53 AM	#2
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I'd like to place an order: 10,000 of those birds please. However, those gigantic freaking spiders can stay wherever it is they live. Wait...the spider is eating the bird? I thought it was a "bird eating (a) spider" not a "bird-eating spider" until I read the link. Oh hell...eff that! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby Last edited by Shawnee123; 05-08-2009 at 11:56 AM. Reason: read it wrong

05-08-2009, 12:24 PM	#3
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	That's in one of the image threads Skateboard (not that I expect you to check the hundreds of pages!) Wanna know a really scary thing? Aussies think that sort of thing is normal. Tip: never get into a household pest conversation with an Aussie. Half their indigenous wildlife is poisonous and the other half can maim you in some way. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

05-08-2009, 12:45 PM	#6
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Didn't Ali post something about these giant spiders or maybe it was an IotD? __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

05-08-2009, 05:09 PM	#8
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	__________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

05-08-2009, 12:27 PM	#4
skateboard Alphabetarian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NYC Posts: 12	Sundae, I searched "spider" and didn't find it. I must say I was surprised it hadn't been posted already. My bad. :-)

05-08-2009, 12:31 PM	#5
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I remember the praying mantis killing the hummingbird, but not a spider.

05-08-2009, 06:09 PM	#9
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	We did have a thread about 'golden orb spiders' which grow large enough to like birds as prey, and my part in the thread started with me saying that I have some of those in my garden. Most people do, and that they're quite common, although in the smaller form. They mostly only grow really large in tropical areas. SG, we have plenty of cute cuddly marsupials for those of you not keen on the scarier wildlife. This is the thread __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

05-08-2009, 10:01 PM	#10
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Merc, do you reckon those are camel spiders? Or just nightmares come to life? __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

05-09-2009, 11:06 PM	#13
Razzmatazz13 Vicariously, I live... Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: USA Posts: 1,221	Seriously, I was considering coming for a visit, back when I had 'net friends there...until I realized that it's all full of evil, evil deadly things __________________ I have some people I need to have smoted. ~ SteveDallas

05-10-2009, 04:46 AM	#14
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	I've seen those bird-eating spiders in the ..err...flesh...they are fucking scary and Im not typically scared of spiders. Here's my back yard companion... Attached Images

05-10-2009, 04:52 AM	#15
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	And even scarier... (sorry) Attached Images

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