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Spider eats bird (Seriously)
Cairns ^ | 10/23/08 | Mikey_1962

Posted on 10/23/2008 3:40:41 PM PDT by Mikey_1962

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To: Rider on the Rain
We have ticks bigger than Chihuahuas here in Oklahoma...and mosquitos bigger than Datsuns.
21 posted on 10/23/2008 4:24:34 PM PDT by Osage Orange (" I did not have radical relations with that man, William Ayers. " -Barack Hussein Obama)
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To: humblegunner; Eaker; Allegra; TheMom

ping


22 posted on 10/23/2008 4:25:31 PM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: weegee

Nah, insecticides often do nothing to spiders. Best bet is to dose them with a nice, soapy water solution. It coats their spiracles (their version of lungs) and suffocates them lickety-split.


23 posted on 10/23/2008 4:26:19 PM PDT by WorkingClassFilth (700 billion is nothing - surrender your children, wealth and gold fillings now to avoid the rush.)
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To: Mikey_1962
Awesome photos.

Now the obligatory ...


24 posted on 10/23/2008 4:26:32 PM PDT by Daffynition (The most terrifying words in the English langauge are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.)
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To: martin_fierro
Hey! I was going to post that. No fair!


25 posted on 10/23/2008 4:28:08 PM PDT by Daffynition (The most terrifying words in the English langauge are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.)
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To: WorkingClassFilth

My general tactic is to spray (especially flying things with stingers) with something and then step on or hit with something else. The spray is just the first strike.

And no “Carrie” resurrections, they go in the trash (wouldn’t want a bird eating a poisoned insect).


26 posted on 10/23/2008 4:49:55 PM PDT by weegee (If we're gonna share wealth, those earning > $1 a month are going to have to share with the world.)
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27 posted on 10/23/2008 4:53:10 PM PDT by weegee (If we're gonna share wealth, those earning > $1 a month are going to have to share with the world.)
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To: Rider on the Rain

Everglades Skeeters molest wild turkey.

;-)


28 posted on 10/23/2008 5:31:28 PM PDT by GladesGuru (In a society predicated upon freedom, it is essential to examine principles,)
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29 posted on 10/23/2008 7:05:32 PM PDT by Daffynition (The most terrifying words in the English langauge are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.)
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To: Daffynition; cardinal4

I had a Mission Supervisor in the Air Force back in the early 60s. He might have been 40+, but he seemed older than water to the troops. He had been stationed in Brazil during WW2. He was a commo guy at an air base out in the bush where they serviced aircraft that were on their way to Africa. He told me once that he was taking a break at sunrise. He was sitting on the steps of the radio shack when he noticed some movement in the grass. An Early Bird was going for the Worm, when he became the prey and not the predator. A spider about the size of a manhole cover jumped the poor bird and the bird became Bre’r Spider’s breakfast.


30 posted on 10/23/2008 7:32:41 PM PDT by Ax
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Yikes! You're right. Araña Pollito: World's Largest Spider???
31 posted on 10/23/2008 7:51:58 PM PDT by Daffynition (The most terrifying words in the English langauge are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.)
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To: Mikey_1962
Golden Orb Weavers, if they are what I am thinking of, actually make for good "pet" spiders in an out-of-the-way room. They are non-aggressive, weave huge, beautiful webs from which they do not wander, and keep fly populations down.

There's also this one (warning: stuff nightmares are made of!).

32 posted on 10/23/2008 7:56:29 PM PDT by Lexinom
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To: Daffynition

One milisecond of that video was enough to make my flesh crawl. Thanks for ruining my day!


33 posted on 10/24/2008 5:04:22 AM PDT by Ax
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To: Ax
Sorry. Hope you're not prone to nightmares.


34 posted on 10/24/2008 12:11:34 PM PDT by Daffynition (The most terrifying words in the English langauge are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.)
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