World's largest spider.

[Evoman]

World's largest spider, the Goliath Bird-Eater spider. Actually eats a rat.

video below




http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/10/061027-tarantula-video.html

[Fire Walk With Me]

1. That's a big spider.

[KG]

2. i'm not looking. spiders creep me out enuff as it is. i don't need to see one eat a bird.

:scared:

[kay1864]

3. Meh. Way smaller than Aragog.

Seriously, I had no idea tarantulas got that big. Thanks for the vid!

The venomous night hunter can grow to be one foot (30 centimeters) long and sports one-inch (2.5-centimeter) fangs.

[redqueen]

4. Argh... vid won't work.

:(

I love spiders. :)

[flvegan]

5. I wouldn't click that link. Hell no. Hate spiders.

[LeftyMom]

8. yeah, that looks sorta nasty.

[LadyoftheRabbits]

6. My worst frickin nightmare

OMG, that freaked me the hell out. :scared: I literally had my legs over my head, shrieking. :P

[Lance_Boyle]

14. This reply is USELESS without pictures!

"I literally had my legs over my head, shrieking."

[lost-in-nj]

7. UGH

why lost, why did you click...

I feel all creepy crawly now


:scared:

lost

[billyoc]

11. Really? I would think you'd be used to them by now, native to Jersey I heard...

:evilgrin:

[crim son]

9. I think tarantulas are cute, because they're fuzzy.

And even though goliath's fangs are nearly an inch long, his bite isn't poisonous to humans. I want one!

[Evoman]

10. Ha....a girl after my own heart.

That spider is hella cool. I'm just one of those bug lovers, I guess. My personal favourite is the bladder grasshopper. With certain specimen, you can actually see their guts through their skin as they are semi-transparent.

[SteppingRazor]

12. When you have one-inch fangs, your bite doesn't need to be poisonous.

Have you considered that most of your vitals are less than an inch away from the surface of your skin? :scared:

[NewJeffCT]

15. I was thinking very similarly to you

I'm sure a bite from one inch fangs ain't gonna be pleasant, poison or not.

and, then when you're in pain from bite #1, you get bitten again... and again...

[Shakespeare]

13. I dreamed a few weeks ago that there were two of those specific spiders in my apartment.

One had a web at the front of the apartment, the other had a web at the back of the apartment. But we could not find the spiders (which, in my nightmares, means they've gotten into my bed).

It was a very, very bad dream. :scared: