Bird-eating spider
 

A thread from the lands of the garbage bin was started - it showed this picture:


I figured maybe it was photoshopped -it seems like everything these days are, but it's not.
There's also this picture, which puts the spotlight on another spider enjoying a helpless bird as its meal.
I did some research and it turns out this spider is the Golden Silk Orb Weaver and its poison is not deadly to humans unless you're allergic.
I just thought I'd carry this interesting topic over here. I never knew a spider that could eat birds, until now.

EDIT: Here's the wikipedia link for those interested: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_silk_orb-weaver

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interesting find o.o

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**** spiders **** spiders **** SPIDERS **** SPIDERS

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Random thing to bring up... XD I love spiders, have had one as a pet before and my ex-girlfriend has 2. Was considering picking up a goliath bird eating spider that my local pet shop had a few months ago, but ended up with a snake instead. Not that I'd have given it any big birds like that...

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Yeah, I was also intrigued by that picture so I went to search it up myself.

There is another angle on this article I read about it:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/ear...on-camera.html

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You'll have to do more than that to impress MWOOOOOOOOO

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Japanese spider crabs.

Google them.

You'll (definitely not) thank me for it.

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Tarantula hawk.

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wait, not what was supposed to come up??????

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Yep, nature.

Plenty of other amazing things out there too :)

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g****in **** ****ing hate spiders asdgbisrnhondeh

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why ;_;

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It's like a train wreck that I can't stop staring at.

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Brazilian Wandering Spider, AKA Banana Spider
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_wandering_spider




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lol so it gives you a super-boner right before you die. Classy.

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if you survive you can't have children

THE ULTIMATE TEST FOR HUMANITY, HOW MANY TIMES CAN YOU FAP BEFORE YOU DIE?

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Chills as i scroll down the thread.

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Cannot be unseen :|

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I used to have a Theraphosa Blondi Goliath Birdeater back when I worked at an exotic pet shop. Spiders really shouldn't scare people as much as they do =/