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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: mrclose on August 23, 2019, 11:50:18 pm
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Giant Tasmanian Spider Devours a Possum in Shocking Photos
(Australia, of course)
Every single thing in Australia is designed to kill you. (http://i65.tinypic.com/ogxq9h.jpg)
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.â€
https://interestingengineering.com/giant-tasmanian-spider-devours-a-possum-in-shocking-photos (https://interestingengineering.com/giant-tasmanian-spider-devours-a-possum-in-shocking-photos)