It shoots its hair (urticulating bristles, to be exact), can pierce a mouse’s skull, and can grow foot-long legs; Entomologist Piotr Naskrecki (http://www.insectphotography.com/) has discovered a new source of material for horror flicks out in Guyana: the Theraphosa blondi – or Goliath Bird Eating Tarantula.
Here is a link to the horror spoof video with a puppy in a spider costume:
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/entertainment/giant-spider-dog-stars-horror-movie-spoof/nhGpN/
See the picture below and the full story on WSB-TV here:
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/weird-news/puppy-sized-spider-spotted-south-america/nhmfw/
Via Wikimedia Commons, here is the Giant Birdeating Spider.
When will these finally make it to the United States? Given Hollywood’s depictions of how spiders come across our borders, you might want to double-check any produce bins before reach for anything… sweet dreams! 😀
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