Giant spider photographed eating bird in backyard near Cairns, Australia

[xtop]

bird looks real, spider fake for sure. still creepy as hell tho

[quexos]

Originally Posted by xtop

bird looks real, spider fake for sure. still creepy as hell tho

Yep that replica is well made for sure. But did you notice how the web it is dangling from is not curved at all ? that monster must weigh almost a pound if not more and the web is looking as though nothing heavier than a gnat is on it.

[Blu_Ray_UK2007]

OMFG

[JUDGEMENT 4400]

Unsure whether it's real, but still disturbing. Reminds me of when my sister showed my internet pics of a praying mantis eating a hummingbird

[cravnsn]

This is probably a reflection of the large size of much of the prey they capture, for even the remains of birds have been recorded in their webs (Raven 2000).


Some linkies to clicky:

http://www.naturia.per.sg/buloh/inverts/nephila.htm

http://rainforest-australia.com/GoldenOrbSpider.htm

http://www.animalpicturesarchive.com...den+orb+spider

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_silk_orb-weaver

[My_Two_Cents]

I suppose we could just go salmon fishing in California...



http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,446686,00.html

[SeahawxBlu]

Originally Posted by quexos

Yep totally fake. Especially that picture where you fully see the spider: Plastic !

Also Spiders don't eat birds ...

Add the fact that really big spiders don't live on spiderwebs but in holes (they are too heavy for a web)

Also there is no mention of the spider's size ...

Oh and also if it was real they would have made a video of it instead of photos but of course plastic cannot move ...

Actually, this spider may not be as fake as people think. The pictures have made the rounds overseas and one paper has all but declared them authentic. Plus, this is actually the second spider to eat a bird.

The links are here:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/mai...aspider122.xml

http://www.dailybreeze.com/ci_10804826

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/mai...aspider130.xml

Plus, did anyone catch AFV Sunday night? They had a video of a guy trying to catch one monster spider crawling on his wall.

[Rob71]

Originally Posted by SeahawxBlu

Actually, this spider may not be as fake as people think. The pictures have made the rounds overseas and one paper has all but declared them authentic. Plus, this is actually the second spider to eat a bird.

The links are here:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/mai...aspider122.xml

http://www.dailybreeze.com/ci_10804826

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/mai...aspider130.xml

Plus, did anyone catch AFV Sunday night? They had a video of a guy trying to catch one monster spider crawling on his wall.

Also the bird is a finch. You know, those little annoying birds they sell in Petsmart. I don't know there scientific name, but here in Florida we have one called a Banana Spider that looks real similar to it. I had one a couple of years ago build it's web across my driveway. It was as big as my hand.

[aygie]

Originally Posted by quexos

Yep that replica is well made for sure. But did you notice how the web it is dangling from is not curved at all ? that monster must weigh almost a pound if not more and the web is looking as though nothing heavier than a gnat is on it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4yRg...eature=related

Ya, not real no? F**king YIKES!

and this is another type of bird eating spider, the Goliath:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWS04I80L3Q (Dont watch if you like mice.)

[ground chuck]

woah, that thing looks vicious.

[scott87]

if i saw that i would get a bat and beat it

i hate spiders lol

[quirkmanly]

Originally Posted by scott87

if i saw that i would get a bat and beat it

i hate spiders lol

That would only be an option for me if the bat was 30ft long!!

If something like that took up residence in my back yard I would never leave my house.

[scott87]

Originally Posted by quirkmanly

That would only be an option for me if the bat was 30ft long!!

If something like that took up residence in my back yard I would never leave my house.

same lol

i would walk out the door each day thinking when is it going to get me

[PS3-Playb3yond]

That is HUGE! Looks like it's been mutated lol.

[DetroitSportsFan]

Here's a YouTube video of this same species of spider eating a bird:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2gi0Tan5Wc

[SellmeyourDVD]

Originally Posted by Blu-Benny

OH MY GOD!!!! what the F are they feeding those things down there???

Whole Birds apparently!

[dialog_gvf]

Originally Posted by Bigdog

OK now wtf happened to let this golden orb grow to this monstrous evil looking straight from the depths of hell size ! I am now officially never stepping foot in Australia !

There's no easy way of getting scale from the pics.

The article says the bird is a Chestnut-breasted Mannikin, which according to that page is 10-12cm (about the size of your palm). So the spider isn't as big as the pics make it look.

Gary

[BLUNT]

I read somewhere that Austrailians eat an average of four of those spiders in their sleep per year........

[LifeOfAPirate13]

I don't even know what I would do if I saw this thing...

[JJ]

Originally Posted by LifeOfAPirate13

I don't even know what I would do if I saw this thing...

Get your lightsaber ready.