Posted on 02/12/2016 1:29:02 PM PST by nickcarraway
A spindly spider took on a brown snake and won in an Australian bush battle of deadly animals.
Farmer Patrick Lees, from Weethalle about 400 kilometres west of Sydney, said he found the spindly-looking 'daddy-long-legs' spider with the snake on Saturday.
'The snake was already dead, I made sure of that before I took the photo,' he said about the snake which is known for its deadly venom.
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I don’t like spiders and snakes..................
Whatever happened to Jim Stafford????
Next up, the mongoose for the title.
and they would have both killed me from a heart attack.
not the most common critters where i’m from.
No video?
It’s their version of Rock, Paper, Scissors.
Spider, Snake, Centipede.
Unngh!
Plenty of spiders and snakes in Texas and I hate them all. I don’t fear them I just kill them!
I think I’ll stay in Virginia.
My My My said the spider to the snake. Jump right ahead, you’re dead
“Oh, well, we’re really not sure if the spider killed the snake with venom or if it just got caught up in the web.” Damn. I’m willing to let it be a mystery. There is, in Australia, a rare tiny insect that is entirely unremarkable but for one thing: IT’S THE ONLY THING IN THE COUNTRY THAT ISN’T TRYING TO KILL YOU.
Well that figures; the Australian daddy-long-legs spider is about 100 times bugger than the ones I find in my basement.
After some Wildwood Weed, I Got Stoned and I Missed It but I hear he was caught looking up The Scotsman's Kilt with My Girl Bill and was staying One Step Ahead of The Law, I told him Don't Fool Around and he said What Momma Don't Know.
Exactly! I’m convinced that Harry Harrison based his “Deathworld” books on Australia!
From Bullet Ants, to the Sydney Funnel Web Spider, to the blue ringed octopus, to the box jelly fish, to some of the deadliest snakes on earth, and don’t even get me started with the Great White Sharks!
Mark
I’m guessing that’s a posed photo. The snake’s head and most of the body are on the ground. The tail is caught up in the web. I don’t pretend to know anything about Australian varmints (except that the whole place should be nuked from orbit, as it’s the only way to be sure), but I am willing to guess that this snake doesn’t strike with its tail. And I’m also willing to guess that the spider didn’t hoist the snake’s body up by itself.
broomhilda is studying this story for political advice
I loved my time in Australia, but damn, if it don’t bite you, it’ll eat you. Never saw so many venomous creatures in my life. “Cheeky little bugger, t’warent he?”
This happens often enough to have a MO? Damn nature, you scary!
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