2016-11-04

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2016-11-04 11:44 am
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The internet is freaking out about this terrifyingly large huntsman spider

Meet Charlotte.
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
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2016-11-04 01:57 pm
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Jellyfishes



Jellyfish are the oldest still living group on Earth - there have been jellyfish in our oceans for at least half a BILLION years, possibly more.
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2016-11-04 10:55 pm

ornaments


add a string of led lights in the pail

Person commented that when the temperature fluctuated throughout the day, they would expand or contract, and many of them would break apart and there were balls all over her yard.

Easy fix if you are decorating a large indoor space. Wonder if you put a hole in the ball if that would allow equalization so shrinkage wouldn't occur. Too if the pail is plastic and spray painted silver or gold......