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Goliath Encounter: Puppy-Sized Spider Surprises Scientist in Rainforest
LiveScience ^
| October 17, 2014
| Tanya Lewis
Posted on 10/18/2014 10:38:31 AM PDT by EveningStar
Piotr Naskrecki was taking a nighttime walk in a rainforest in Guyana, when he heard rustling as if something were creeping underfoot. When he turned on his flashlight, he expected to see a small mammal, such as a possum or a rat.
"When I turned on the light, I couldn't quite understand what I was seeing," said Naskrecki, an entomologist and photographer at Harvard University's Museum of Comparative Zoology.
A moment later, he realized he was looking not at a brown, furry mammal, but an enormous, puppy-size spider...
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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Pets/Animals; Science
KEYWORDS: arachnid; arachnids; goliathbirdeater; guyana; rainforest; southamerica; spider; spiders; tarantula; theraphosablondi; worldslargestspider
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To: EveningStar
(click image to enlarge)
NO frikkin way!!!!
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posted on
10/18/2014 11:11:51 AM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(Don't harsh my buzz homie......)
To: EveningStar
I think I need a clean pair.
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posted on
10/18/2014 11:13:27 AM PDT
by
SES1066
(Quality, Speed or Economical - Any 2 of 3 except in government - 1 at best but never #3!)
To: EveningStar
I guarantee if I had run into that nightmare I would be beating feet so fast I would have stopped running somewhere north of New Orleans
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posted on
10/18/2014 11:17:57 AM PDT
by
Cyman
(We have to pass it to see what's in it= definition of stool sample)
To: EveningStar
My wife would go into vapor lock. I’d be reaching for a shovel, or my propane weed burner.
24
posted on
10/18/2014 11:36:14 AM PDT
by
dainbramaged
(Get out of my country now)
To: UCANSEE2; Jeff Chandler
Both of your pictures made me laugh ....Thanks
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posted on
10/18/2014 11:38:31 AM PDT
by
woofie
To: EveningStar
Now that’s just too cool!
A HUGE spider that prefers earthworms and poses little risk to humans...
I saw some big ones in Panama, but nothing like that...
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posted on
10/18/2014 11:39:35 AM PDT
by
SZonian
(Throwing our allegiances to political parties in the long run gave away our liberty.)
To: EveningStar
To: EveningStar
To: skeeter
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posted on
10/18/2014 11:58:24 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(First we beat the Soviet Union. Then we became them. We have no 'news media', only a Soviet Pravda.)
To: dragonblustar
Piotr Naskrecki was taking a nighttime walk in a rainforest in Guyana, when he heard rustling as if something were creeping underfoot. When he turned on his flashlight, he expected to see a small mammal, such as a possum or a rat.
...
A huge spider with no fear of humans. Nuke from orbit, indeed.
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posted on
10/18/2014 12:00:57 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: Lazamataz
That’s funny because it’s true.
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posted on
10/18/2014 12:01:57 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: Moonman62
Expect Obama to import these and let loose in a town near you, any day now.....
To: EveningStar
Its appropriate to say here without fear of being censored. That thing is:
Big, Hairy, Ugly, and Gross!
To: capt. norm
"Her tuffet turned up at a local flea market." It's on Craig's List
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posted on
10/18/2014 12:09:57 PM PDT
by
jonascord
(Laeti vescimur nos subacturis)
To: EveningStar
I have my huge can of RAID shiuld they invaded here.
To: Patriot Babe
Within a week a have seen this picture and read about the home having Brown Recluses pour out of the wall like water.
Ugh!
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posted on
10/18/2014 12:37:10 PM PDT
by
catfish1957
(Everything I needed to know about Islam was written on 11 Sep 2001)
To: EveningStar
To: lavaroise
To: Vince Ferrer
Now that’s just disturbing.
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posted on
10/18/2014 12:58:39 PM PDT
by
Hugin
("Do yourself a favor--first thing, get a firearm!",)
To: EveningStar
I most certainly WILL NOT click to enlarge. That thing is too big as it is.
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posted on
10/18/2014 2:25:46 PM PDT
by
Molon Labbie
(Prep. Now. Live Healthy, take your Shooting Iron daily.)
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