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12-29-2010, 03:35 PM
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 My Rank: MAJOR Poster Rank:12 Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 93,062
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Spider Catches Snake
An office receptionist got the shock of her life when she found a 14cm long snake entangled in the web of a deadly spider. Tania Robertson, a receptionist at an electrical firm , came in to work and spotted the strange sight next to a desk in her office. The snake, which had obviously died from the spider's poisonous bite, was off the ground and caught up in the web. Leon Lotz of the arachnology department at the National Museum said it was only the second time that he had heard of a snake getting caught in a spider's web. But it did not take the spider long to bite it. A red mark on the snake's stomach was evidence of where the spider had started eating it. Throughout the week the spider checked on her prey, she rolled it up and started spinning a web around it. She also kept lifting it higher off the ground, while continually snacking on it. Even a fly that accidentally landed on the snake was chased off aggressively.......  ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  · |
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01-12-2011, 07:17 AM
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 So Fucking Banned Poster Rank:312 Male Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 4,164 Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Quoted: 0 Post(s)
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Re: Spider Catches Snake
That's amazing footage Kelli. I am still amazed at how strong the spider's web truly is. That black widow was going to eat for weeks with that meal.
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01-12-2011, 07:45 AM
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 Verräter An Gott Poster Rank:1009 Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 689 Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Quoted: 1 Post(s)
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Re: Spider Catches Snake
That's insane,I've never heard of a widow or other smaller spider catching a snake in its web and feeding on it.(larger types of spiders do eat small snakes,but dont use webs) That widow has food for life now |
