New 'Johnny Cash' Tarantula Uproots Spider Family Tree (14 new species found in U.S.)

National Geographic ^ | Feb 4, 2016 | Michael Greshko

[Ken H]

lol! How long before she would go back in the room?

[digger48]

It was her pet!

[martin_fierro]

a spider named sue Ping

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[martin_fierro]

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[xp38]

NYC eh? Woody Allen will come over when you need spider control.

Honey there is a spider in your bathroom the size of a Buick

[Tax-chick]

Arachnid friends.

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[dp0622]

I’ve been killing spiders since I was 30.

Great movie :)

of course he uses National Review.

We break up for two weeks and you’re dating a Right Wing Rock and Roll Star

[dayglored]

"NOW YOU GONNA DIE!!"

OMG spit coffee all over the place! Good morning!!

[Hot Tabasco]

i didn’t know there were going to be pictures

Screw this crap, I'm outta here.........fast!

[Moltke]

To uncover the new species, a three-person team led by the Florida Museum of Natural History's Chris Hamilton spent more than a decade on the hunt, logging thousands of miles of travel across the United States, hundreds of hours of laboratory analysis, and fieldwork on remote mountains and in scorching deserts.

10+ years' worth of paychecks for jaunting around the country. Nice work if you can get it.

[TheOldLady]

Some of the comments say that it is on Netflix.

[dp0622]

lol! i was

[Ken H]

ROFL!! Ah, that’s different! My niece absolutely dreads spiders, as do my sisters, so I assumed the same about your girl.

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

Aw! So cute!

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

Your fear of spiders is irrational. Most aren't poisonous. In fact, many are cute like this one...

[dp0622]

you’re a sick pup if you think that’s cute!!

the devil’s spawn!!!

alright, maybe i’m overreacting a little bit.

i work overnights, and while asleep before, i heard, for two hours i think, my wife screaming about a bug and running from room to room begging the cat to get her.

Thank goodness for NyQuil.

[Prov1322]

Seeing the headline made me immediately think of Johnny with One Bad Pig...

Johnny Cash & One Bad Pig - Man In Black

It also brought a smile remembering my encounters with the Haitian Brown Tarantulas. These things were HUGE but apparently harmless to humans as the MK's (boys, never the girls) would keep them in a shoebox as pets.

You haven't lived until you are investigating why your usually docile dog is barking furiously @ 2AM when you realize you are intersecting one of these "beauties" in your house. Oh, and they can jump several feet in the air when threatened. I can smile now...