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Judi Lynn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-19-11 10:33 PM
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Fossilised spider 'biggest on record'
19 April 2011 Last updated at 20:24 ET
Fossilised spider 'biggest on record'
By Jonathan Amos
Science correspondent, BBC News

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk.nyud.net:8090/media/images/52259000/jpg/_52259026_spider_selden_304.jpg

Scientists have described a Chinese spider they say is the biggest fossilised arachnid yet found.

The female, which lived about 165 million years ago, belongs to a collection of spiders well known today - the golden orb weavers.

These creatures make webs from a very tough and distinctively golden silk.

The researchers tell the journal Biology Letters that Nephila jurassica, as they have called their specimen, would have had a leg span of some 15cm.

More:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13134505

Check, please.
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PDJane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-19-11 10:45 PM
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1. Oh, wow.........
I would like to have seen it, but you know......I'm quite sure I don't want to live with them. Running into that web would be a nightmare.
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Systematic Chaos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-19-11 11:00 PM
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2. Uh...running into the SPIDER would be in instant aneurysm.
Just sayin'.

:scared:
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HysteryDiagnosis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-11 04:17 AM
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5. You can run into them here, on your mower when you aren't paying attention and
yes they are rather large.
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calimary Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-19-11 11:30 PM
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4. I vastly prefer the fossilized version.
Edited on Tue Apr-19-11 11:31 PM by calimary
The photo in the link is pretty unnerving!

:scared::o :wow: :hide:
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Enthusiast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-11 06:10 AM
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6. Me too
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kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-19-11 11:20 PM
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3. Great. Now I'm gonna have nightmares for WEEKS.
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