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I am surprised that in a first world place like California that a spider this big could go undiscovered until now

New tarantula is named after music legend Johnny Cash

http://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/us/new-ta ... ailsignout


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I read that today :) i wonder what Johnny would think of it.
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I am quite certain that this is a spder and not a daddy long legs. It is possible that this is what they call these spiders daddy long legs down under. It is a big spider. Who would have imagined that a spders web could catch a snake and that a spider that size could defeat a snake.

Daddy-long-legs spider wins lopsided battle with deadly snake

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-b ... 53919.html
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Yeah that's the spider kind, not the average daddy long legs
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It's a shame that he probably killed that huge crab but it's also a shame tha I am not eating it with some garlic butter melted over it. :dinner:

Brave Aussie takes photo with terrifyingly huge coconut crab

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-b ... 36860.html
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WOW what a big one, seen a few like that online, some bigger.
I wonder how old it is, and would it taste good :think:
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What really interests me is that this newly discovered giant swimming spider can kill and eat those cane toads that are destroying so much of Australias native creatures. This may be great news ! The spider in the video looks downright evil.

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/newly-discove ... 02890.html

This Newly-Discovered Australian Spider Is Called Brian - And He Likes To Surf

While not a threat to humans, the spider’s bite does sting a bit and it can kill fish and cane toads that are three times its size.
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WOW, eats cane toads, now that's something since most things die from eating them.
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My sister, and her friends just came from there, lol she just called telling us she was back.
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I have seen very large centipedes in Hong Kong. A friend of mine in Thailand told me of the extremely excruciating pain of these centipedes. These probably catch fish. What a bizarre bug.
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i got bit by one once, hurt like arthritis pain for about an hour, and then eased off, swelled a little also.
I think they are pretty cool, but gotta beware of those hungry mouths.
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Creatures caught in amber is so amazing as you can see how these long gone creatures and leaves etc... actually looked like.
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i used to fossil hunt a little, found a little fish once that was cool, mostly I found plants in the slate.
I found this huge bolder once that was covered in clams, it was on top a mountain.
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I like that Peacock spider. That moroccan flic flac one is pretty cool I like spiders because they kill my nemesis's the cockraoch and the evil mosquito.
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i like about any type of jumping spider, they all have a personality of their own, and highly inquisitive. A lot smarter acting than most spiders in my opinion.
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I wonder if that huge Georia Speakle is not GMO. How could something that huge be not discovered until 1914 ? The killer bee looks like a regular honeybee and they have a picture of the giant Japanese hornet on its page. Some of these monsters however I am surprised have just recently been discovered.

http://animalmozo.com/2016/08/10/29-of- ... s-ever/34/
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