Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/02/28/watch-this-massive-tarantula-d.html
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Shit, is Brazil looking to give Australia a run for “Oh, hell no” land?
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IT’S COMING RIGHT TOWARDS YOU!
I’m not going to sleep tonight.
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Peru.
At least 9 characters
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“Big as a dinner plate” doesn’t really tell me anything.
Put your hand near it for a photo so I can see scale.
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Ewwwwww. Thanks Carla. Nightmares
Right back at 'ya! Here’s some Horseshoe Arachnids being drained for their blood:
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Guess I won’t be visiting there. That’s premium grade nightmare fuel.
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Each time it paused, it was as though it was considering killing the witnesses versus risking losing its meal.
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Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope.
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I have to say, seeing the 'nym “nanopet” related to this thread made me do a double take. Nano nothing!!
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Looking into it’s likely one of the new species that were discovered within the last few years, part of the Goliath Bird-Eating Tarantulas. I certainly would hate to run into one of these feasting but realistically tarantulas are not aggressive towards humans and overall they’re really cool creatures.
Here’s a pic for scale:
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Who’s a good tarantula? Who’s a good girl?
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Where’s that slacker Samwise Gamgee when you need him
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They’re really mostly harmless, and I hear they make great pets! I’ll just slip this one into your bed at night…
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I’ve seen bigger ones:
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Whoa! Thank you for posting that because now I know about this which is amazing.
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would love auto-mute on “animal carnage” videos
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Just that headline is enough to give me unsettled sleep.
Also, No, not going to.
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one good weight loss tip is to decrease the size of one’s dinner plate to a more reasonable portion.
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