I saw a show on discovery about that Goliath Bird-Eating spider - which they claimed was feasting on chickens from a local farm in Peru... So a couple of years ago on a photo trek through the Amazon, we spend a whole week searching for an elusive specimen... with no luck. We did see a lot of tarantulas, but nothing this big, unfortunately :(
I miss my pet tarantulas...can't wait till we live where I can have them again. :D
December 02, 2009
Becca said...
I've heard a few stories about these guys, and they seem pretty interesting. Ah, but then i looked at the picture a little too long, realized how GIGANTIC that thing is! I feel like there are bugs crawling on me now!
i just shat myself over the size of that tarantula.
December 04, 2009
Anonymous said...
These spider pictures make me want to throw up and die. :(
February 04, 2010
What's cuter than a jumping spider? Why, a juvenile jumping spider.
Tracy sent this link to me, knowing full well that my daughters would ooh-and-ahh at it's cuteness. And she was correct. Wired Magazine has done a spread of photos for their spider awards, and this juvenile Phidippus audax took took the award for the world's cutest spider. Just look at it, dusted up with pollen. Can you picture it frolicking among the wild flowers?
But just in case you're feeling too cuddly towards our arachnid friends, let me leave you with this image of a Goliath Bird-eating Tarantula (the world's largest spider, who has evidently mugged someone and stolen their cash and trusty ruler). A friend of mine was walking through the jungle outside a village near Curitiba, Brazil, when one of these ran into his leg. He actually felt the collision. And like a true arachnophobe, he ran for his life...and was pursued for more than a dozen yards...
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Close this window Jump to comment formI saw a show on discovery about that Goliath Bird-Eating spider - which they claimed was feasting on chickens from a local farm in Peru... So a couple of years ago on a photo trek through the Amazon, we spend a whole week searching for an elusive specimen... with no luck. We did see a lot of tarantulas, but nothing this big, unfortunately :(
December 02, 2009
Oh, how cool!
I miss my pet tarantulas...can't wait till we live where I can have them again. :D
December 02, 2009
I've heard a few stories about these guys, and they seem pretty interesting. Ah, but then i looked at the picture a little too long, realized how GIGANTIC that thing is! I feel like there are bugs crawling on me now!
December 02, 2009
"We did see a lot of tarantulas, but nothing this big, unfortunately :(" WHAT??? I spend my time trying not to find such things!!
December 02, 2009
Aw no really, it's that big plus it CHASES you? Why oh why do I check this site before bed...
December 02, 2009
I've gotten chased by water bugs before but never spiders. Oy vay bugs give me the heebie jeebies.
December 03, 2009
eeep!! hugge spider!! tarantulassss are scary :o awsome picture tho.
December 03, 2009
Okay, I'll admit the pictures are cool but my instant reaction was "EWWWW GOOOOSSSSS!! RUN AWAY!!!"
...not a fan of spiders
December 03, 2009
i just shat myself over the size of that tarantula.
December 04, 2009
These spider pictures make me want to throw up and die. :(
February 04, 2010