Largest Spider ?

A fossil of a very large spider has been found buried in volcanic ash in China:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/lar ... olcanicash



Look at those legs would ya???

She's a big spider alright.

Yikes. I don't regret that thing being extinct at this point in time.

Quote:

The fossil was about as large as its modern relatives, with a body one inch (2.5 centimeters) wide and legs that reach up to 2.5 inches (6.3 cm) long.

That's not a very big spider at all. Re-read the news article title. It's the largest fossil of a spider that is known to have been discovered.

If you want a big spider, check out a show called Monster Hunt on The History Channel. The searched for a spider that was sighted in Africa by a British explorer about a hundred years, which according to the report was estimated to be about six feet tall (or something like that). There's a large species of spider native to the Asian rainforests that preys mainly on birds which commonly grows to a foot from tip of its front to tip of its hind legs... and the natives eat them. Yuck!

Is you see a Spider like that in your house... I recommend to run away ... XD

I suddenly wanna watch Eight Legged Freaks.

Atlinsmere wrote:

I suddenly wanna watch Eight Legged Freaks.

Is that the hour plus long hair care product commercial that stars actor David (Agent Fox Mulder) something?