Spider wraps it up.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-02-2004, 08:15 PM

These pictures came from (NSFW) ORSM (NSFW).
Even though the snake is the size of an earthworm and dead when it was put in the web, I'm amazed.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-02-2004, 08:16 PM

They're calling it a "redback" but it looks like a Black Widow to me.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-02-2004, 08:19 PM

It's strength/size ratio is like, holy shit.

Happy Monkey · 07-02-2004, 09:15 PM

Wasn't there a Far Side with an optimistic spider spinning a web across the bottom of a playground slide?

I wonder how effective the spider's venom was when trying to actually eat the snake.

Beestie · 07-02-2004, 10:56 PM

First of all.. Holy Crap!

Secondly... that THING is in the HOUSE!

Thirdly... it looks like a Redback. Check out the stripes on the legs - black widows don't have those.

richlevy · 07-03-2004, 12:13 AM

You know, when I was a kid I did a little research and actually though about going there for a visit.

Uh-huh.

Ok, I might still get there one day. However, for safety's sake I will have to restrict my range to the Sydney Opera House and the topless beaches.

..and yes I do know about the deadly box jellyfish. I didn't say I would actually go in the water.

Ok, the giant earthworms would have been interesting to see.

York · 07-11-2004, 12:34 PM

it is an australian redback if im not wrong, they also travel overseas comfortably next to the bananas....

jaguar · 07-11-2004, 12:38 PM

Come across those in the garden before, nasty looking little critters, utterly deadly. Secondly only to the black window, at least down under. If it could get it's fang things though the skin there's a good chance it did off the snake as well.

York · 07-11-2004, 12:45 PM

ive never seen them , only once on tv, when health services here in Belgium warned people about them! They came by boat...I ve looked it up on the net ..my gf is scared as hell from those things, but i wont catch one like those either...

jaguar · 07-11-2004, 12:58 PM

That makes two from Belgium, impressive.

07-02-2004, 08:15 PM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Spider wraps it up. These pictures came from (NSFW) ORSM (NSFW). Even though the snake is the size of an earthworm and dead when it was put in the web, I'm amazed. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump. Last edited by xoxoxoBruce; 04-07-2007 at 06:01 PM.

07-02-2004, 08:16 PM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	They're calling it a "redback" but it looks like a Black Widow to me. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump. Last edited by xoxoxoBruce; 04-07-2007 at 06:01 PM.

07-02-2004, 08:19 PM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	It's strength/size ratio is like, holy shit. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump. Last edited by xoxoxoBruce; 04-07-2007 at 06:01 PM.

07-02-2004, 09:15 PM	#4
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Wasn't there a Far Side with an optimistic spider spinning a web across the bottom of a playground slide? I wonder how effective the spider's venom was when trying to actually eat the snake. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

07-02-2004, 10:56 PM	#5
Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 4,081	First of all.. Holy Crap! Secondly... that THING is in the HOUSE! Thirdly... it looks like a Redback. Check out the stripes on the legs - black widows don't have those. __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

07-03-2004, 12:13 AM	#6
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	You know, when I was a kid I did a little research and actually though about going there for a visit. Uh-huh. Ok, I might still get there one day. However, for safety's sake I will have to restrict my range to the Sydney Opera House and the topless beaches. ..and yes I do know about the deadly box jellyfish. I didn't say I would actually go in the water. Ok, the giant earthworms would have been interesting to see. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

07-11-2004, 12:34 PM	#7
York Operations Operative Join Date: May 2004 Location: Tienen , Belgium Posts: 537	it is an australian redback if im not wrong, they also travel overseas comfortably next to the bananas....

07-11-2004, 12:38 PM	#8
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	Come across those in the garden before, nasty looking little critters, utterly deadly. Secondly only to the black window, at least down under. If it could get it's fang things though the skin there's a good chance it did off the snake as well. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

07-11-2004, 12:45 PM	#9
York Operations Operative Join Date: May 2004 Location: Tienen , Belgium Posts: 537	ive never seen them , only once on tv, when health services here in Belgium warned people about them! They came by boat...I ve looked it up on the net ..my gf is scared as hell from those things, but i wont catch one like those either...

07-11-2004, 12:58 PM	#10
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	That makes two from Belgium, impressive. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

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