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The golden orb-weaver spider Nephila inaurata lies in wait on a web more than three feet (a meter) wide on the Indian Ocean island of Rodrigues in an undated picture. A related, newfound species, Nephila komaci, is now the largest web-spinning spider known to science, researchers said in October 2009.Photograph by M. Kuntner


1 posted on 10/26/2009 1:23:43 PM PDT by JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono

Ewwww.... and I’m not talking about the spider.


2 posted on 10/26/2009 1:25:00 PM PDT by madison10
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To: JoeProBono

Oh, thought this was about Soros/


3 posted on 10/26/2009 1:25:37 PM PDT by supremedoctrine ( A, you're a-dor-a-ble, -------B, you're bus-ted.........)
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To: JoeProBono

Early ancestor of Shelub.


4 posted on 10/26/2009 1:26:42 PM PDT by DallasDeb (USAFA '06 Mom)
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To: JoeProBono

ANyone who’s interested enough in this thread to look at it, might also, be interested in seeing one of the best films of the last decade, David Cronenberg’s SPIDER, with Ralph Fiennes. SEE IT!


5 posted on 10/26/2009 1:28:42 PM PDT by supremedoctrine ( A, you're a-dor-a-ble, -------B, you're bus-ted.........)
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To: JoeProBono
NOT GUILTY

7 posted on 10/26/2009 1:29:23 PM PDT by evets (beer)
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To: JoeProBono

yuck! yuck! yuck!

cut that out

yuck


8 posted on 10/26/2009 1:31:53 PM PDT by mamelukesabre (Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
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To: JoeProBono; Lazamataz

Funny but I bet Laz would hit it.


9 posted on 10/26/2009 1:33:09 PM PDT by Rightly Biased (If Clinton was the first black president then Obama is the first black Jesus.)
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To: JoeProBono

God’ll get you for that. :)


12 posted on 10/26/2009 1:37:06 PM PDT by RingerSIX
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To: humblegunner; Eaker; Allegra; TheMom

Spider ping


17 posted on 10/26/2009 1:44:01 PM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: JoeProBono

Hey!

I think we have that same spider in eastern NC! Shudder. I was out chasing guinea hens with a flashlight—don’t ask—and almost ran into the web. The spider was as big as my hand, the color of a spotted crab, and the web was tent sized. More shudders.

The guineas are on their own from now on.


20 posted on 10/26/2009 1:53:46 PM PDT by gardengirl
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To: JoeProBono

I recommend reading the article. These spiders have some unusual mating habits.


22 posted on 10/26/2009 2:00:00 PM PDT by Hacklehead (Liberalism is the art of taking what works, breaking it, and then blaming conservatives.)
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26 posted on 10/26/2009 2:07:29 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: JoeProBono

Kill it with fire....The spider not the spider woman.


29 posted on 10/26/2009 2:28:00 PM PDT by Dallas59 (No To O -Time is going by really really really really slow.)
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31 posted on 10/26/2009 2:58:18 PM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (Jimmy Carter - now the second worst POTUS ever. BHO [the LIAR] has #1 spot in his sights.)
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To: JoeProBono
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33 posted on 10/26/2009 3:22:08 PM PDT by GloriaJane (http://www.last.fm/user/GloriaJane)
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