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World's Biggest Spider Explained
National Geographic ^
| October 31, 2013
| Carrie Arnold
Posted on 11/01/2013 10:48:57 AM PDT by EveningStar
In a world where even the smallest spiders can provoke a fearful shriek, Theraphosa blondi takes scare tactics to a whole new level.
This South American tarantula holds the record for world's largest spider. Other spiders might have longer legs, but T. blondi's large body means its overall weight can reach 6 ounces (170 grams).
Commonly known as the Goliath birdeater due to an 18th-century engraving showing another member of the tarantula family eating a hummingbird--which gave the entire Theraphosa genus the nickname of "bird eaters"--the gargantuan spider is not quite as menacing as it might seem.
(Excerpt) Read more at newswatch.nationalgeographic.com ...
TOPICS: Pets/Animals; Science
KEYWORDS: goliathbirdeater; southamerica; spider; tarantula; theraphosablondi; worldslargestspider
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To: SunkenCiv
To: humblegunner
Because I love you ping. ;-)
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posted on
11/01/2013 10:51:22 AM PDT
by
TheMom
(Stressed spelled backwards is Desserts!)
To: EveningStar
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posted on
11/01/2013 10:56:00 AM PDT
by
SC DOC
To: EveningStar
That’s one big ass arachnid.
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posted on
11/01/2013 10:57:26 AM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true .. I have no proof .. but they're true.)
To: EveningStar
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posted on
11/01/2013 11:04:05 AM PDT
by
Mount Athos
(A Giant luxury mega-mansion for Gore, a Government Green EcoShack made of poo for you)
To: SC DOC
That’s why I love living here in Australia.
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posted on
11/01/2013 11:04:50 AM PDT
by
SkyDancer
(Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church will want to picket your funeral.)
To: SkyDancer
That’s why I love living here in Australia. With your Sydney Funnel Webs? No thanks!
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posted on
11/01/2013 11:12:24 AM PDT
by
Lou L
(Health "insurance" is NOT the same as health "care")
To: EveningStar
Optical illusion. That spider is the one in Ben Bernanke's office. The spider isn't huge... the Fed just shrank the dollar.
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posted on
11/01/2013 11:14:24 AM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Everyone get online for Obamacare on 10/1. Overload the system and crash it hard!)
To: SkyDancer
I love living in Massachusetts because I know we’ll get rid of most of the creepy,crawly things over the winter.
Except for liberals of course.
.
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posted on
11/01/2013 11:15:17 AM PDT
by
Mears
(Liberalism is the art of being easily offended.)
To: SC DOC
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posted on
11/01/2013 11:26:21 AM PDT
by
CatherineofAragon
((Support Christian white males----the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization.))
To: TheMom
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posted on
11/01/2013 11:31:21 AM PDT
by
pax_et_bonum
(Never Forget the Seals of Extortion 17 - and God Bless Americad)
To: TheMom
Because I love you ping. ;-) You beat me to it...
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posted on
11/01/2013 11:31:32 AM PDT
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: SkyDancer
Yep, a big, fat, slow Tarantula is far worse than the aggressive, oftentimes fatal Funnel Web spider native to Australia, lol.
To: CatherineofAragon
OK OK I gotta confess, before someone strokes out. The spider is a hoax. Excellent photoshopping.
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posted on
11/01/2013 11:34:26 AM PDT
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SC DOC
To: EveningStar
Aw.....cute. Fuzzy like a puppy.
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posted on
11/01/2013 11:35:54 AM PDT
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Bloody Sam Roberts
(So Obama "inherited" a mess? Firemen "inherit" messes too. Ever see one put gasoline on it?)
To: RegulatorCountry
Those FW’s will run at you and can bite through trainers. If your lawn is infested the removal team digs down three feet and removes all that dirt and then replaces it with sterile dirt and reseed’s it.
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posted on
11/01/2013 11:36:15 AM PDT
by
SkyDancer
(Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church will want to picket your funeral.)
To: Mears
I love living in Massachusetts because I know we’ll get rid of most of the creepy,crawly things over the winter.Surely, that has got to be the ONLY reason.
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posted on
11/01/2013 11:37:05 AM PDT
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Bloody Sam Roberts
(So Obama "inherited" a mess? Firemen "inherit" messes too. Ever see one put gasoline on it?)
To: EveningStar
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posted on
11/01/2013 11:37:29 AM PDT
by
GeronL
To: SC DOC
LOL, I figured it wasn’t real, but that thing is horrific, regardless!
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posted on
11/01/2013 11:38:17 AM PDT
by
CatherineofAragon
((Support Christian white males----the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization.))
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