[ikesmom]

I saw this on the same page as the hijack news

:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,443734,00.html

 

[kangaroomum25]

that pic on that link wasnt very good so I went looking for more and WOW
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/mai...aspider122.xml
then I saw this http://www.theasc.com/magazine/mar05...ges/image3.jpg
and this http://www.birdwatchersdigest.com/si...ummingbird.jpg

 

[LavenderMae]

: No, really

:

 

[sunnybear]

THAT IS A BIG SPIDER.

 

[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.

: It also stated that they can get bigger in warmer, more tropical places.

 

[angie7]

and that is why I don't live in Australia!!! WOW that spider is freakin' huge!!!

 

[KatWrangler]

: now I have goosebumps on my arms.

 

[Liquesce]

I've always thought the Amazonian bird eating spiders were pretty cool.

 

[Jenivere]

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

 

[holyhelianthus]

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

 

[kmeyrick]

Waaaah! Don't wanna see it!

 

[cjuniverse]

That is possibly the most horrifying thing I have ever seen.

I may never recover.

 

[broodymama]

why oh why do i open links like that when i know better?

 

[mamadelbosque]

Count me as another who thinks that giant spiders are pretty cool

And, those aren't THAT huge, I mean, no bigger (or at least, not by much) than your average bird-eating tarantula

 

[savannah smiles]

I want to go scrub my eyes out with bleach now.

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[CariOfOz]

Quote:

Originally Posted by magstphil And what is this spiders relation to Shelob? Anyone know?

: 3rd cousin once removed?

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

 

[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.