New species of spider discovered

[MRCboicgy]

Perfect solution to this for any oregon trips:
Stay in Portland
Only go to Voodoo doughnuts, any craft beer places or PokPok in Portland.
Profit?

[Blaster86]

Originally Posted by MRCboicgy

Perfect solution to this for any oregon trips:
Stay in Portland
Only go to Voodoo doughnuts, any craft beer places or PokPok in Portland.
Profit?

So my original plan remains sound? Goood goooood.

[burn_this_city]

Grown adults and their fear of spiders always amuses me.

[TurnedTheCorner]

Was it named after Pete Best?

[Kybosh]

The relationship between spiders and humans is kind of like the novel I am Legend. For every human killed by a spider, how many billions of spiders get killed by humans?

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by Kybosh

The relationship between spiders and humans is kind of like the novel I am Legend. For every human killed by a spider, how many billions of spiders get killed by humans?

Not enough.

[dissentowner]

I need one of these for my collection.

[MRCboicgy]

I bet you all love when this thread is bumped:

http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/04/04/...nka/?hpt=hp_t5

Some thing may forever haunt our dreams. Like the words “spider” and “face-sized” used in a sentence together.


And yet here those words are, straight from northern Sri Lanka, where scientists say they’ve discovered a new type of giant tarantula with a leg span of up to eight inches. Grab your rulers and mirrors, because yep, that’s about the average length of a human noggin.
As if that weren’t frightening enough (or cool enough — you pick), this particular spider was found living in trees. Anyone who’s ever walked beneath a tree and wound up brushing away a tiny spider knows that some arachnids enjoy an arboreal life, dangling from silken threads to surprise unsuspecting trail-walkers. Now imagine one the size of a volleyball landing on you like one of the facehuggers from Alien.

[Huntingwhale]

I saw some people were too lazy to click the link, so I'll just leave these here.

[Sliver]

I don't get the spider hate. They eat bugs. Bugs are 10x grosser and way more plentiful.

[Komskies]

I'm just wondering how an 8" spider goes undiscovered until now. Insanely remote and desolate terrain?

[MRCboicgy]

Here's the one from my story.

[Muffins]

Originally Posted by Komskies

I'm just wondering how an 8" spider goes undiscovered until now. Insanely remote and desolate terrain?

The only logical answer is that it ate everyone who came into contact with it

[Teh_Bandwagoner]

I hit the link. The spider wasn't too bad. What was more disturbing was the link at the bottom of the page to the Brazilian penis snake. Can't even bring myself to post the link... the trauma...too much...

[Canada 02]

not a new spider species, but a cool one

Spoiler!

[WhiteTiger]

If you are a Dr. Who fan, of course.

Originally Posted by Canada 02

not a new spider species, but a cool one

Spoiler!

[MRCboicgy]

Originally Posted by Teh_Bandwagoner

the link at the bottom of the page to the Brazilian penis snake.

I once knew a Brazilian guy who had a real anaconda of his own...

[Nyah]

And in case you were thinking they probably look far worse than they are, this one’s actually quite venomous. Oh, and fast — because of course it is. So now imagine being chased by a poisonous, sprinting, face-sized spider.

[Hatter]

[Hack&Lube]

Apparentely these spiders are useless outside of their environment as the scientists tried to feed them all sorts of food which were rejected and they all perished.

So don't worry! Be happy!