Watch this massive tarantula drag an opossum it just killed

Go Packers! Whooo!!!

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My rule of thumb: insect > mammal? Nope.

(edit: arachnid too.)

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Its really amazing though there’s been a long standing debate regarding this process. It’s not fully known if and how bleeding the horseshoe crabs impacts them negatively.

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Are we sure it’s not just playing possum?

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came here hoping for some sort of Shelob comment, am happy.

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I’ve seen dogs smaller than that.

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Or just leave the giant spider on your dinner plate, and try snatching bits of food from between his legs.

Not. going. to. Peru. : :spider: . :eyes:

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Pfft, I came here to say, “Ungoliant lives!”

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also perfect!

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I am surprised by the lack of “nuke it from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.” comments!

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Watch this massive tarantula drag an opossum it just killed

You know, when some people have to add insult to injury.

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Since when did they change it to opossum? When I was comin’ up it was just possum. Opossum makes it sound like he’s irish or something.

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C’mon spiders, we need the possums to eat all the ticks! And you can’t even eat 10% of that cute little beast!

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And horrible, because we’re driving something that used to be as common as passenger pigeons extinct.

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Nephila, not my hand.


Whip Spider, my hand.

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Help us, tarantula hawk, you’re our only hope (and pls bring friends, btw, it’s a big sucker):

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so the arachnid version of “steak dinner tonight”