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Bird Eating Spider
By Linda | October 24, 2008
This October 23rd news story from the Cairns Post confirms that there are indeed some hairy, scary and HUGE Australian spiders!
This amazing image of a mammoth spider devouring a bird was taken in the backyard of a property near Cairns.
The image, which is being cirulated via email worldwide, is real, according to wildlife experts, The Cairns Post reported.
The photo, believed to have been taken earlier this week, shows the spider clenching its legs around a lifeless bird trapped in a web at a property near Atherton, west of Cairns.
Joel Shakespeare, the head spider keeper at NSW’s Australian Reptile Park said the spider was a golden orb weaver.
“Normally they prey on large insects, it’s unusual to see one eating a bird,” he said.
Mr Shakepeare said he had seen golden orb weaver spiders as big as a human hand but the northern species in tropical areas were known to grow larger.
To see more pictures and facts about this formidable species of spider CLICK HERE
To read about bugs that would have made this bird-eating arachnid look puny CLICK HERE
Topics: Animal Kingdom, In the News, Nature |
