You can't pay me to move to Australia.
Posted on 08/22/2019 7:49:45 PM PDT by DoodleBob
Posted on a Facebook group called Tasmanian insects and spiders, the photos of the hairy huntsman spider is making headlines around the world.
These viral photos are not for the faint-hearted. It shows a giant spider trying to eat a very small possum:
It makes one wonder if the many-legged beast could make it away with a human baby – let's hope not!
That doesn’t mean that you won’t find one in your flat or in the car.
The Australian Museum states:
“Huntsman spiders of many species sometimes enter houses. They are also notorious for entering cars, and being found hiding behind sun visors or running across the dashboard.”
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You can't pay me to move to Australia.
No kidding!
I would have a heart attack.
Good thing the spider got it. A baby Australian possum can kill you at 30 paces just by glancing at you.
Every single thing in Australia is designed to kill you.
If “The dingo ate my baby” doesn’t work then ...
We have a lot of tarantulas crawling around here in October.I guess they are trying to find a mate. They normally don’t scare me but I was shoeing one away from the patio one time and that sucker took off like lightning. I always thought they were slow moving. Then we have the tarantula hawks that paralyze them and lay an egg on it so there young can eat. They’re pretty big as well.
“Every single thing in Australia is designed to kill you.”
Nit this spider!
They need a pigeon. That’s how they took care of a giant spider on Gilligan’s Island.
“A baby Australian possum can kill you at 30 paces just by glancing at you.”
Not if you read the article.
That was a nasty stain upon the Australian people.
They haven’t done much to make amends, and the filthy stink lingers upon the Australian people like a rotten egg cigar.
The only thing that could make those spiders worse, is if they emitted some type of chirp or shriek while approaching their prey.
Maybe TSA will allow you to bring those six pallets of RAID into Perth. You can say you’re doing research on organic toxins.
That is as creepy as it gets! Especially the little face on the back of the head segment!
I hate to break this to you, but tarantulas from San Antonio TX can jump at least six feet.
I would have a heart attack.
Janey, did any of Australia's wonderful critters find their way into your aircraft?
Crikey!
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