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bentalphanerd
10-22-2008, 11:09 PM
Some more proof.

Spider eats Bird (http://www.cairns.com.au/article/2008/10/23/11601_local-news.html)
GrumpyBear
10-22-2008, 11:17 PM
as i was clicking on this i'm thinking to myself 'why am i clicking on this?'...
by the way, i'm never visiting...
millworkman
10-22-2008, 11:33 PM
That is awesome. How strong are their webs, to be able to catch a bird, wow.
bentalphanerd
10-22-2008, 11:56 PM
the Golden Orb spiders are pretty strong - I've read where if it were as thick as a tennis net it would stop a fighter jet.
Novacastrian
10-23-2008, 03:47 AM
Queensland, beautiful one day, f'n scary the next. :)
talas
10-23-2008, 03:58 AM
Queensland, beautiful one day, f'n scary the next. :)

That is so true :shocked:
AlabamaJack
10-23-2008, 05:54 AM
that's why you don't F with mother nature...
LUCKYDOG
10-23-2008, 08:09 AM
Mother of all things unholy -- I dont think I would leave my house if I saw that -- imagine going out for the newspaper and catching the web across your face **shivers**
Sickmont
10-23-2008, 08:30 AM
Ask Grafcore, there are other bird eater spiders in the world as well. The one that usually comes to mind(to me anyways) is the Goliath tarantula thats claimed to be as big as a dinner plate. But it doesnt spin a web. It ambushes it's prey.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y157/sickmont/BirdEatingSpider.jpg

But at least i don't have to walk outside my house and see these things either.
Chiliac
10-23-2008, 08:56 AM
I'd expect some pretty large spiders to crawl around in Florida due to the climate etc... Am I wrong?
Sickmont
10-23-2008, 09:08 AM
I'd expect some pretty large spiders to crawl around in Florida due to the climate etc... Am I wrong?

You get some really good sized wolf spiders and some decent sized orb weavers(black and yellow garden spiders)here but i havent seen any of them snag a bird yet. They're just not big enough(yet):shocked:
talas
10-23-2008, 09:25 AM
You get some really good sized wolf spiders and some decent sized orb weavers(black and yellow garden spiders)here but i havent seen any of them snag a bird yet. They're just not big enough(yet):shocked:

Damn i hate spider threads they are un http://bestsmileys.com/welcome/14.gif
DickT
10-23-2008, 12:15 PM
I've always been thankful that bumble bees aren't the size of watermelons, but that is truly an amazing pic. I've never heard of a spider web strong enough to snag a bird. Bent, have you ever seen one of these spiders. Somebody call Patrick............
GrumpyBear
10-23-2008, 12:25 PM
why do i keep reading this thread?...
imaguitargod
10-23-2008, 03:53 PM
why do i keep reading this thread?...

I just asked the same question of myself.
Armadillo
10-23-2008, 04:00 PM
Amazing critter! Spiders are fantastic. Some biotechnologists try to develop artificial spiderwebs for bulletproof vests and other strong textiles.
Sickmont
10-23-2008, 04:10 PM
Amazing critter! Spiders are fantastic. Some biotechnologists try to develop artificial spiderwebs for bulletproof vests and other strong textiles.

And to build suspension bridges too!
imaguitargod
10-23-2008, 04:15 PM
Amazing critter! Spiders are fantastic.
Fatastic? More like Fantastically evil! :hell:
GrumpyBear
10-23-2008, 05:43 PM
I just asked the same question of myself.

classical conditioning clearly doesn't work on us...
imaguitargod
10-23-2008, 05:51 PM
classical conditioning clearly doesn't work on us...
That's why I use Loreal conditioner. Much stronger than classical conditioners and it leaves my hair shiney and clean.
GrumpyBear
10-23-2008, 05:52 PM
hehe, you use the same conditioner i do...
AlabamaJack
10-24-2008, 07:37 AM
any fishermen/ladies here?....

remember spiderwire?....spiderwire the diameter 12 pound monofilament is 50-60 pound test...it is made with spectra fiber...manmade spiderweb...

here is a link if anyone is interested...

http://www51.honeywell.com/sm/afc/products-details/fiber.html
talas
10-24-2008, 07:44 AM
That's why I use Loreal conditioner. Much stronger than classical conditioners and it leaves my hair shiney and clean.

Missed that one..:cheers::beer::lol:
Brokensea
10-25-2008, 03:07 AM
But it doesnt spin a web. It ambushes it's prey.

Well they used to. But then they started snaring fighter jets and just gave up.

Apparently a jet is just too much trouble to peel to get to the tasty bits inside.
Novacastrian
10-25-2008, 03:10 AM
Well they used to. But then they started snaring fighter jets and just gave up.

Apparently a jet is just too much trouble to peel to get to the tasty bits inside.

:lol: Nice one brokenhead!!:rolleyes:
Of course to be tasty the pilot would HAVE to be female:cool: