Such a cute puppy-sized...

_errata_

...spider! Puppy? Spider? Would you pet it?

http://news.discovery.com/animals/puppy-sized-spider-surprises-scientist-in-rainforest-141020.htm?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=DiscoveryChannel

Piotr Naskrecki was taking a nighttime walk in a rainforest in Guyana, when he heard rustling as if something were creeping underfoot. When he turned on his flashlight, he expected to see a small mammal, such as a possum or a rat.
"When I turned on the light, I couldn't quite understand what I was seeing," said Naskrecki, an entomologist and photographer at Harvard University's Museum of Comparative Zoology.

A moment later, he realized he was looking not at a brown, furry mammal, but an enormous, puppy-size spider.

BlueBombers

I saw that article.

Thanks for posting the pic btw.

13bbird13

I saw that too. I said, out loud, in my office, "The words 'puppy-sized' and 'spider' should never be used in the same sentence!" The guy is a freakin' loon to even be taking the picture, never mind having his hand in the frame for size comparison! Open your desk, take out a ruler, look at the 12-inch mark... holy mama!!

_errata_

But its prickly hairs aren't the birdeater's only line of defense; it also sports a pair of 2-inch-long (5 centimeters) fangs.

It eats birds. It is a spider, THAT EATS BIRDS.

DenDweller

Well, technically it digests the bird externally and then drinks it...

spirit095

Nature, you scary

mbailey423

Only thing that would make that worse is if it had wings.

QueenBishOTUniverse

So, guessing you wouldn't be thrilled to wake up, look out your window and see this:

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/thousands-spiders-blanket-australian-farm-escaping-flood-165958059.html

13bbird13

Okay, Australia is now officially off my list of places I might like to visit someday. Ditto for wherever it is that those people had to have their house tented to kill off the 5,000 brown recluse spiders that were infesting it.

_errata_

QueenBishOTUniverse wrote: »

So, guessing you wouldn't be thrilled to wake up, look out your window and see this:

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/thousands-spiders-blanket-australian-farm-escaping-flood-165958059.html

NOPE NOPE NOPE

KILL AUSTRALIA WITH FIRE

BlueBombers

_errata_ wrote: »

QueenBishOTUniverse wrote: »

So, guessing you wouldn't be thrilled to wake up, look out your window and see this:

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/thousands-spiders-blanket-australian-farm-escaping-flood-165958059.html

NOPE NOPE NOPE

KILL AUSTRALIA WITH FIRE

MizTerry

Um...hail no.

Itisibigj39

_errata_ wrote: »

But its prickly hairs aren't the birdeater's only line of defense; it also sports a pair of 2-inch-long (5 centimeters) fangs.

It eats birds. It is a spider, THAT EATS BIRDS.

This made me laugh

12_oz_Curls

Is it part of the Paleo Diet?

13bbird13

It's part of the Renfield diet, I know.