[ikesmom]

I saw this on the same page as the hijack news <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/yikes2.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="yikes">:<br><br><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,443734,00.html" target="_blank">http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,443734,00.html</a>

 

[kangaroomum25]

that pic on that link wasnt very good so I went looking for more and WOW<br><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/earth/2008/10/22/easpider122.xml" target="_blank">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/mai...aspider122.xml</a><br>
then I saw this <a href="http://www.theasc.com/magazine/mar05/deep/images/image3.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.theasc.com/magazine/mar05...ges/image3.jpg</a><br>
and this <a href="http://www.birdwatchersdigest.com/site/images/backyard_birds/Mantis_hummingbird.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.birdwatchersdigest.com/si...ummingbird.jpg</a>

 

[LavenderMae]

<img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/img/vbsmilies/smilies/eat.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="Eat">: No, really <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/scared.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="scared"><img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/yikes.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="EEK!"><img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/yikes2.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="yikes">:<img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/bigeyes.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="bigeyes"><img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/jaw.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="dropjaw">

 

[sunnybear]

THAT IS A BIG SPIDER. <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/bigeyes.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="bigeyes">

 

[Amylcd]

I should not have clicked those links...

 

[Jenivere]

I won't click on the link because spiders give me serious heeby jeebies but how many inches or feet is it? What kind is it and where does it live?

 

[MyLittleWonders]

It's a golden orb spider and from the article, it sounds like the average size is the size of an adult hand. <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/bigeyes.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="bigeyes">: It also stated that they can get bigger in warmer, more tropical places.

 

[angie7]

<img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/jaw.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="dropjaw"> and that is why I don't live in Australia!!! WOW that spider is freakin' huge!!!

 

[KatWrangler]

<img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/bigeyes.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="bigeyes"><img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/yikes2.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="yikes">: now I have goosebumps on my arms.

 

[Liquesce]

I've always thought the Amazonian bird eating spiders were pretty cool. <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/redface.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="Embarrassment">

 

[Jenivere]

Hand sized? I will definitely pass up looking at it!

 

[holyhelianthus]

And what is this spiders relation to Shelob? Anyone know?

 

[kmeyrick]

<img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/bawling.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="bawl"> Waaaah! Don't wanna see it!

 

[cjuniverse]

That is possibly the most horrifying thing I have ever seen.<br><br>
I may never recover.

 

[broodymama]

why oh why do i open links like that when i know better? <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/lol.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="lol">

 

[mamadelbosque]

Count me as another who thinks that giant spiders are pretty cool <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/orngbiggrin.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="orange big grin"> And, those aren't THAT huge, I mean, no bigger (or at least, not by much) than your average bird-eating tarantula <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/orngbiggrin.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="orange big grin"><img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/orngbiggrin.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="orange big grin">

 

[savannah smiles]

I want to go scrub my eyes out with bleach now. <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/img/vbsmilies/smilies/cold.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="Cold">:

 

[CariOfOz]

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<img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/biglaugh.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="laugh">: 3rd cousin once removed? <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/winky.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="Wink"><br><br>
We have golden orb weavers all over teh place (I'm in Brisbane so FAR south east of taht beast!) but I haven't seen one quite that big. They're actually very docile spiders and I only bother them if they decided to throw a web up in a place where people are likely to walk into it <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/winky.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="Wink">

 

[jeca]

ew ew ew ew ew ew ew

 

[bright-midnight]

OMG that spider is HUGE. I may have nightmares tonight, I never should have clicked those links.