"Yet another reason why Australia should rename itself to Nope" (imgur.com)

[OneGrassRoot]

You guys may have seen this already but it's new to me.

THE COMMENTS ARE HILARIOUS!!!



http://imgur.com/gallery/OVkXPpK

[csziggy]

1. Here's how Australians catch spiders for real

The spider's revenge

[OneGrassRoot]

2. That father and daughter are adorable...

and the spiders in their videos aren't too scary (easy to say from here...lol).

I admire people doing their best to relocate them outdoors rather than kill them; I try to do the same but the biggest spiders I've seen are wolf spiders.

But the spider (huntsmen, I believe) in that imgur video...omg, it's not a spider, it's Chewbacca's pet or something!

Eeeeek!!!!

[csziggy]

3. Our Florida banana spiders are bigger than the ones in the videos

Actually the real name for the big spiders we get is golden silk orb-weaver spider, I think. Their bodies can get 2 inches - the legs make them seem a LOT bigger!


"The species N. jurassica, which lived about 165 million years ago, had a leg span of some 15 cm (6 inches), and is the largest known fossilized spider."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_silk_orb-weaver

They can build webs completely across dirt roads. When we'd go trail riding down some of the roads, the lead rider would carry a long stick to knock down the webs and the spiders. We'd have to push the spiders to the tree limbs on the sides because no one wanted those big mothers to get on us. While their bites are not real poisonous they hurt like all get out.