[ConorMacNessa]

Sheesh! They found one spider in 1980 - a second exemplar now - and it's an endangered species?



And this is halting a $15 Million construction project? I thought the Snail Darter episode was ludicrous - this is far worse in my opinion.

Put a fork in us - we're done!



Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[TheZMan]

It lives in a cave right?

And our roads are above ground, I think. Yes, they are.

Have a nice day.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

Stomp on it, and get back to work!

[mkmensinger]

The whole problem could be solved by a good workboot on someone’s foot.

[AHerald]

Rare spider trumps rare jobs.

[Michael Barnes]

I’m so tired of this shit. 99% of the species that ever lived on Earth are now extinct. This f’ing spider isn’t going to change world events.

[Joe 6-pack]

We need to sprinkle a bunch of these spiders around D.C.

[The Sons of Liberty]

For a consulting fee, I’ve got a couple of 9 1/2 s that can solve their problem.

[Nik Naym]

Insanity.

There is no other explanation.

This is absolutely undeniably utterly insane.

[Brandonmark]

[G Larry]

1 - It is NOT “rare”!
2 - It was not “discovered”!

For decades college university students have been tasked with conducting field trips and compiling lists of species within a given grid.

Then, whenever somebody wants to develop that area, the enviro-whackos pull out there list and declare, “you can’t build there, the endangered “widget” lives there.
Nobody else has a list to prove otherwise and they win.
This has gone on across the country for decades.

[DTogo]

Shoot Stomp

Shovel

Shut-up

[decal]

The Bracken Bat Cave is 30 miles or more from this intersection - did this spider hitch a ride?

[Travis McGee]

I am not related to the Braken Spiders.

[publius911]

What kind of a $15 Million project is being built in a cave?
Inquiring minds and all that.

[arderkrag]

Remind me to squish every spider I see at my job site.

[Chode]

who's the genius what found it? why isn't their name in the paper?? where is he and why isn't he taking credit for the discovery???

hiding, that's where...

[RightGeek]

[SpaceBar]

This was on the radio news the other day. Apparently the way it works is that the various work crews are followed around by a federal government biologist (think commisar) that scrutinizes every shovelful of dirt to make sure there isn’t any endangered critters in there. My intuition tells me that this is a requirement for taking federal highway dollars. Be a shame if any of them were to have accidents.

[Starstruck]

True story. I was reading this when a wolf spider came running out toward my hand operating the mouse. I was also watching a DVR of Redeye at the time and the remote I had in my left hand ended any possibility of this spider infringing on my continued multi-tasking.

[TribalPrincess2U]

Any time I see a spider I check to make sure I don’t need to call someone
who might identify it as endangered.

Oh, how convenient for someone.