Giant Spider Being Rescued From Australian Flood.

[Tone C]

According to that article an average puppy is 30kg...think they added a 0.

My Shepherd is 38 kg full grown...hate to imagine what she'd be if she was 30kg as a pup...

 

[Clippys Mom]

Also, spider was big, but not that big; and if it was a funnel web spider, they can be deadly to humans and it shouldn't have been saved. Don't have to go out of your way to kill it, but you also don't go out of your way to save it.

You monster

Save the whales, save the snails, save the worm, save the sperm....etc

#lifeissacred

 

[ObamaPhoneLady]

Ya I saw that too and was like WTF? That spider is big but 170grams big not 30KG's big.

I would love a mid sized dog Spider to walk around. That would be awesome. See how a game Pit would deal with that.

 

[Amerikuracana]

Ewww..

"Breakthrough in the world of genetics."

 

[ObamaPhoneLady]

Ewww..

"Breakthrough in the world of genetics."

 

[Mike]

The fuck. What kinda lunatic rescues spiders. We just moved and it was a long process of checking all the outdoor stuff for black widows. Found a few, and a few egg sacs. Murdered all of them with prejudice.

 

[GordoBarraBJJ]

Australia NOPE

 

[MikeMcMann]

haha that was an awesome practical joke video. Was fun seeing people terrified when they would see this spider-dog run enthusiastically towards them.

 

[blitzk]

I thought sherdoggers were super alpha 275 bench pressing UFC trainy tough guys, but they're terrified of spiders? Lewl.

 

[Adamant]

Is Ellen rescuing it?

 

[ufcfan4]

Did they say arachnid? Coconut crab might qualify.

Also, spider was big, but not that big; and if it was a funnel web spider, they can be deadly to humans and it shouldn't have been saved. Don't have to go out of your way to kill it, but you also don't go out of your way to save it.

Well said.

 

[smooth assassin]

Spiderlivesmatter

 

[HunterSdVa29]

that's a no go on Arachnids and similar ilk (I guess daddy long legs are cool

we get way too many scorpions, vinageroons, and camel spiders out here, they all get merc'd w/o a second thought

 

[Otto!]

let it drown ffs.

 

[JinKazama]

someone needs to set that thing on fire

 

[TribalDrumz]

Google camel spider Iraq

 

[rj144]

Google camel spider Iraq

???

 

[TribalDrumz]

 

[TidWell]

that is a scary ass spider

 

[650lb Sumo]

Did they say arachnid? Coconut crab might qualify.

Also, spider was big, but not that big; and if it was a funnel web spider, they can be deadly to humans and it shouldn't have been saved. Don't have to go out of your way to kill it, but you also don't go out of your way to save it.

The Coconut Crab

is the biggest terrestrial inverterbate, and spiders do indeed descend from crabs, as we discussed a while ago in the @Zookeeper Gabe thread. It lives on land, can climb trees, and eats birds, as you can see. It knows to break their wings first when it attacks, so they can't escape.

that is a scary ass spider

'Camel Spiders' are actually not spiders - they are Solifugae, a separate order within Arachnids.