That's a lot of spiders

[tboo]

http://www.break.com/index/nest-of-daddy-longlegs.html

Gives me the willies

 

[Leros]

Why are the clumped together like that? Breeding orgy?

 

[gar3555]

damn...i know I should not have clicked that.

 

[Newbian]

To bad daddy longlegs are not going to harm you...well except for maybe when you sleep and you dream about it.

 

[Scouzer]

id have dumped gas on there and lit it on fire. barf.

 

[KaOTiK]

 

[Scouzer]

you know, even though thats disturbing, its so big i feel it's just an animal. and im not scared of ugly animals, just ugly tiny things.

 

[Sphexi]

I was wondering what that pulsating bump on the side of my head was.

 

[AFurryReptile]

I was wondering what that pulsating bump on the side of my head was.

Believe it or not, I know somebody that cut himself while shaving and had a whole ton of little baby spiders pouring out of the side of his face....

 

[iGas]

Spiders Weave Huge Natural Wonder in B.C.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

you know, even though thats disturbing, its so big i feel it's just an animal. and im not scared of ugly animals, just ugly tiny things.

You do see all the babies on its back, right?

EDIT: Oh, and also... I believe those aren't spiders in the original video either
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opiliones

 

[Leros]

you know, even though thats disturbing, its so big i feel it's just an animal. and im not scared of ugly animals, just ugly tiny things.

What scares me are things that move fast. Centipedes, roaches, etc. I don't mind the slower moving nasty looking insects.

 

[irishScott]

Am I the only one who thinks that's kinda awesome? Never understood people's fear of spiders. Sure I don't want one crawling on me without my permission, but beyond that..

 

[lxskllr]

Am I the only one who thinks that's kinda awesome? Never understood people's fear of spiders. Sure I don't want one crawling on me without my permission, but beyond that..

Same. Spiders creep me out when they're on me, or I walk through a web, and don't know where the spider is. Otherwise I leave them be. I have a bunch of spiders in the house, and I try to leave them alone. If one falls into the sink, or a cup of water or something, I'll fish it out so it doesn't drown.

 

[Ika]

arghhhhhhh willies

 

[Iron Woode]

they are harvestmen.

Many species of harvestmen easily tolerate members of their own species, with aggregations of many individuals often found at protected sites near water. These aggregations can count up to 200 animals in the Laniatores, but more than 70,000 in certain Eupnoi. This behavior is likely a strategy against climatic odds, but also against predators, combining the effect of scent secretions, and reducing the probability of each individual of being eaten.

 

[kinev]

You do see all the babies on its back, right?

EDIT: Oh, and also... I believe those aren't spiders in the original video either
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opiliones

Well I'll be......you learn something new everyday. Thanks!

 

[Born2bwire]

Oh God.

Why do you post such things? Why?

 

[Pollock]

Believe it or not, I know somebody that cut himself while shaving and had a whole ton of little baby spiders pouring out of the side of his face....

no way :barf:

 

[disappoint]

Believe it or not, I know somebody that cut himself while shaving and had a whole ton of little baby spiders pouring out of the side of his face....

I'm gonna go with not.

 

[Schadenfroh]

But, can it capture and eat a bird?

 

[t77snapshot]

Carpool!

 

[daw123]

But, can it capture and eat a bird?

Holy sh*t, what type of spider is that??

Edit: Is it the giant huntsman? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_huntsman_spider

It doesn't look like the Goliath Birdeater: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goliath_birdeater

 

[destrekor]

you know, even though thats disturbing, its so big i feel it's just an animal. and im not scared of ugly animals, just ugly tiny things.

Yeah, but that's the Wolf Spider.

Fuck those things. Terrible, terrible bite.

 

[destrekor]

Holy sh*t, what type of spider is that??

Edit: Is it the giant huntsman? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_huntsman_spider

It doesn't look like the Goliath Birdeater: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goliath_birdeater

Neither. More impressively, it's an Orb Weaver. Exact species unknown, and many different species go by the exact same name depending on location.
One article I saw of a very similar picture (possibly just from a different angle), with a spider that looked exactly the same, the spider was called a Golden Orb Weaver. Was an Australian article and spider.


Basically, orb weavers in general sometimes get a bird caught in their web. The spiders hate this, and often the web is destroyed. Sometimes, if the spider is hungry enough, it'll kill the bird and snack on it.