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Robert Gentel
 
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Reply Thu 23 Oct, 2008 06:02 pm
Giant spider eating a bird caught on camera

Quote:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/graphics/2008/10/22/easpider122.jpg
Photographs of a giant spider eating a bird in an Australian garden have stunned wildlife experts.

The pictures show the spider with its long black legs wrapped around the body of a dead bird suspended in its web.

The startling images were reportedly taken in Atheron, close to Queensland's tropical north.

Despite their unlikely subject matter, the pictures appear to be real.

Joel Shakespeare, head spider keeper at the Australian Reptile Park, said the spider was a Golden Orb Weaver.

"Normally they prey on large insects… it's unusual to see one eating a bird," he told ninemsn.com.
boomerang
 
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Reply Thu 23 Oct, 2008 06:37 pm
@Robert Gentel,
Oh lord. That just makes me shiver.
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nimh
 
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Reply Thu 23 Oct, 2008 06:48 pm
@Robert Gentel,
Crikey.
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dlowan
 
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Reply Fri 24 Oct, 2008 12:58 am
@Robert Gentel,
OH MY GOD!!!


One walks through golden orb webs in gardens at night.....they spin them at night, and eat most of the web at dawn (they leave a kind of minor scaffold) then re-spin them at night) all the time.

One panics and frantically rubs at the web and jumps around hoping the spider is not in one's hair.

"They're harmless spiders" one is told reassuringly.


Well, IF IT CAN KILL A GODDAMN BIRD i DON'T BELIEVE ITS BITE IS NOT, AT THE VERY LEAST, GONNA HURT LIKE HELL!!!!!!!

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dlowan
 
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Reply Fri 24 Oct, 2008 01:13 am
@boomerang,
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/graphics/2008/10/09/eamouse109.jpg[img] [img]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/graphics/2008/10/09/eamouse109a.jpg

David and Goliath:

Mouse bites snake to death
By Matthew Moore
Last Updated: 12:01pm BST 09/10/2008



A mouse bit a venomous viper to death after it was thrown into the snake's cage as a lunchtime snack.

The tiny rodent killed the snake after a fierce 30-minute battle, emerging with "barely a scratch on him", according to on person who saw the fight.

Firefighters in Taiwan who were looking after the snake - which had been found in a local resident's home - thought that the live mouse would make a perfect lunchtime treat.

But the furry creature had other ideas. Instead of cowering from the 12in snake's gaping jaws and long fangs, it went on the offensive.

"It attacked the snake continuously, biting and scratching it," one firefighter said.

Viper venom is poisonous for mice, but the snake proved unable to land a killer bite.



http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/10/09/eamouse109.xml




dlowan
 
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Reply Fri 24 Oct, 2008 03:04 am
@dlowan,
dlowan wrote:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/graphics/2008/10/09/eamouse109.jpg[img] [img]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/graphics/2008/10/09/eamouse109a.jpg

David and Goliath:

Mouse bites snake to death
By Matthew Moore
Last Updated: 12:01pm BST 09/10/2008



A mouse bit a venomous viper to death after it was thrown into the snake's cage as a lunchtime snack.

The tiny rodent killed the snake after a fierce 30-minute battle, emerging with "barely a scratch on him", according to on person who saw the fight.

Firefighters in Taiwan who were looking after the snake - which had been found in a local resident's home - thought that the live mouse would make a perfect lunchtime treat.

But the furry creature had other ideas. Instead of cowering from the 12in snake's gaping jaws and long fangs, it went on the offensive.

"It attacked the snake continuously, biting and scratching it," one firefighter said.

Viper venom is poisonous for mice, but the snake proved unable to land a killer bite.



http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/10/09/eamouse109.xml







I'll try the images again:


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/graphics/2008/10/09/eamouse109.jpg


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/graphics/2008/10/09/eamouse109a.jpg
dlowan
 
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Reply Fri 24 Oct, 2008 03:09 am
@dlowan,
Cheetah and crocodile:


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/graphics/2008/07/18/ealeopard118.jpg

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/graphics/2008/07/18/ealeopard118a.jpg


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/graphics/2008/07/18/ealeopard118b.jpg

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/graphics/2008/07/18/ealeopard118g.jpg



More photos and story here:


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/07/18/ealeopard118.xml
dlowan
 
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Reply Fri 24 Oct, 2008 03:13 am
@dlowan,
This is just WRONG:

Heron eats rabbit:


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/graphics/2008/09/29/eaheron129a.jpg

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/graphics/2008/09/29/eaheron429a.jpg

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/graphics/2008/09/29/eaheron629a.jpg


Full story and more pics here:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/09/29/eaheron129.xml
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squinney
 
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Reply Fri 24 Oct, 2008 05:45 am
Sometimes, even animals, can only take so much ****! I picture the cheetah and mouse as having finally had enough.

"Bring it on ya no good hoodlum lowlife!"

And, the good guy finally wins one. Hurray! An inspiration to all of us that fight the gangsta crocs in our lives every day!
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rosborne979
 
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Reply Fri 24 Oct, 2008 05:57 am
@dlowan,
Quote:
Cheetah and crocodile:

That's actually a Leopard. Cheetah's are designed more for speed and precision. Leopards are pure power.

Roberta
 
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Reply Fri 24 Oct, 2008 07:21 am
@rosborne979,
What rosborne said. Not a cheetah.
squinney
 
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Reply Fri 24 Oct, 2008 07:27 am
@Roberta,
The expert on this matter has spoken. Smile Keep fighting the croc's, Roberta.
Roberta
 
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Reply Fri 24 Oct, 2008 12:09 pm
@squinney,
squinney wrote:

The expert on this matter has spoken. Smile Keep fighting the croc's, Roberta.


Happy to kick some croc ass. But rosborne knows a lot more about this stuff than I do. But I can tell the difference between a cheetah and a leopard.
dlowan
 
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Reply Fri 24 Oct, 2008 04:22 pm
@Roberta,
Roberta wrote:

squinney wrote:

The expert on this matter has spoken. Smile Keep fighting the croc's, Roberta.


Happy to kick some croc ass. But rosborne knows a lot more about this stuff than I do. But I can tell the difference between a cheetah and a leopard.



IT'S A GODDAM LEOPARD!!!

I MADE A MISTAKE! IT WAS A TYPO!

I WAS THINKING OF BOIDA!

Everybody happy now?

squinney
 
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Reply Fri 24 Oct, 2008 05:04 pm
@dlowan,
Not until we feed you to a sea gull.




Roberta
 
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Reply Fri 24 Oct, 2008 05:49 pm
@dlowan,
dlowan wrote:

Roberta wrote:

squinney wrote:

The expert on this matter has spoken. Smile Keep fighting the croc's, Roberta.


Happy to kick some croc ass. But rosborne knows a lot more about this stuff than I do. But I can tell the difference between a cheetah and a leopard.



IT'S A GODDAM LEOPARD!!!

I MADE A MISTAKE! IT WAS A TYPO!

I WAS THINKING OF BOIDA!

Everybody happy now?




Thrilled that I was on your mind. Leopard. Cheetah. Don't make no big difference. When you come right down to it, nuttin' but a big polka-dotted pussycat.

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dlowan
 
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Reply Fri 24 Oct, 2008 06:02 pm
@squinney,
squinney wrote:

Not until we feed you to a sea gull.








Yooou know what happens to smart-arse beagles, don't you?
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Robert Gentel
 
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Reply Mon 27 Oct, 2008 03:57 pm
Puppy vs. Lion Cub
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff16/mafihotz/puppy_vs_lion_cub_09.jpg

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff16/mafihotz/puppy_vs_lion_cub_01.jpg

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff16/mafihotz/puppy_vs_lion_cub_15.jpg

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff16/mafihotz/puppy_vs_lion_cub_14.jpg

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff16/mafihotz/puppy_vs_lion_cub_17.jpg
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Robert Gentel
 
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Reply Mon 27 Oct, 2008 08:53 pm
squinney
 
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Reply Mon 27 Oct, 2008 09:04 pm
@Robert Gentel,
That's funny!
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