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FIONA MACDONALD 4 NOV 2016
http://www.sciencealert.com/this-terrifyingly-large-spider-could-be-the-biggest-huntsman-ever-found
A gargantuan huntsman spider has gone viral this week, looking like it crawled straight out of your nightmares.
The huntsman, named Charlotte, was rescued last year by an Australian animal shelter, and is now "living in peace" on their farm. She hasn't been measured, but based on the photos (and the amount of people hyperventilating on the internet), she might be one of the largest huntsmen ever found in Australia.
The images were uploaded to the Facebook page of Queensland animal rescue centre, Barnyard Betty's Rescue, back in October 2015. But they were picked up again this week, and have since been shared thousands of times, with people freaking out over how large the spider looks.
Huntsmen are one of the most common types of spider found in Australian homes, and they get their name from the fact that they don't build webs - instead, they quite literally hunt down their prey, which is usually insects such as crickets or cockroaches.
The name is given to more than a thousand separate species of spiders belonging to the family Sparassidae, found all across Australia, Africa, Asia, the Mediterranean, and the Americas.
But although huntsmen are usually pretty big - it's not uncommon to see huntsman with a leg span of around 15 centimetres (6 inches) hanging out in your kitchen if you live in Australia - images of Charlotte suggest she's a whole lot bigger.
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"My apologies to all the traumatised," Barnyard Betty's Rescue writes. "Charlotte would like you to look past your phobia and see her for the amazing creature she is."
Yes, but .... SPIDER! Really BIG SPIDER
FIONA MACDONALD 4 NOV 2016
http://www.sciencealert.com/this-terrifyingly-large-spider-could-be-the-biggest-huntsman-ever-found
A gargantuan huntsman spider has gone viral this week, looking like it crawled straight out of your nightmares.
The huntsman, named Charlotte, was rescued last year by an Australian animal shelter, and is now "living in peace" on their farm. She hasn't been measured, but based on the photos (and the amount of people hyperventilating on the internet), she might be one of the largest huntsmen ever found in Australia.
The images were uploaded to the Facebook page of Queensland animal rescue centre, Barnyard Betty's Rescue, back in October 2015. But they were picked up again this week, and have since been shared thousands of times, with people freaking out over how large the spider looks.
Huntsmen are one of the most common types of spider found in Australian homes, and they get their name from the fact that they don't build webs - instead, they quite literally hunt down their prey, which is usually insects such as crickets or cockroaches.
The name is given to more than a thousand separate species of spiders belonging to the family Sparassidae, found all across Australia, Africa, Asia, the Mediterranean, and the Americas.
But although huntsmen are usually pretty big - it's not uncommon to see huntsman with a leg span of around 15 centimetres (6 inches) hanging out in your kitchen if you live in Australia - images of Charlotte suggest she's a whole lot bigger.
( Read more... )
"My apologies to all the traumatised," Barnyard Betty's Rescue writes. "Charlotte would like you to look past your phobia and see her for the amazing creature she is."
Yes, but .... SPIDER! Really BIG SPIDER
