Oh, Australia: home to everything completely horrifying about the natural world (except volcanoes, surprisingly enough).
A Golden silk orb-weaver spider can grow up to 5-6.9 cm (2-2.7 in) in
body length, not counting the span of its legs. They spin strong yellow
webs that are very large and can reach a meter in diameter. A large,
strong web can mean only one thing: large, strong prey. These spiders
don’t waste their time with the smallest insects and have been known to
feed on birds and snakes.
Daniel Reardon happened to come across a brown tree snake about half a
meter long that fell out of a tree and into the Golden orb spider’s
web. These snakes eat birds, lizards, and small mammals, so it is a
fairly formidable opponent.
The fight lasted for about an hour before coming to this horrifying conclusion:
Read more at
http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/spider-versus-snake#jqw7r4DGlTWs3IY6.99
Oh, Australia: home to everything completely horrifying about the natural world (except volcanoes, surprisingly enough).
A Golden silk orb-weaver spider can grow up to 5-6.9 cm (2-2.7 in) in
body length, not counting the span of its legs. They spin strong yellow
webs that are very large and can reach a meter in diameter. A large,
strong web can mean only one thing: large, strong prey. These spiders
don’t waste their time with the smallest insects and have been known to
feed on birds and snakes.
Daniel Reardon happened to come across a brown tree snake about half a
meter long that fell out of a tree and into the Golden orb spider’s
web. These snakes eat birds, lizards, and small mammals, so it is a
fairly formidable opponent.
The fight lasted for about an hour before coming to this horrifying conclusion:
Read more at
http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/spider-versus-snake#jqw7r4DGlTWs3IY6.99
Oh, Australia: home to everything completely horrifying about the natural world (except volcanoes, surprisingly enough).
A Golden silk orb-weaver spider can grow up to 5-6.9 cm (2-2.7 in) in
body length, not counting the span of its legs. They spin strong yellow
webs that are very large and can reach a meter in diameter. A large,
strong web can mean only one thing: large, strong prey. These spiders
don’t waste their time with the smallest insects and have been known to
feed on birds and snakes.
Daniel Reardon happened to come across a brown tree snake about half a
meter long that fell out of a tree and into the Golden orb spider’s
web. These snakes eat birds, lizards, and small mammals, so it is a
fairly formidable opponent.
The fight lasted for about an hour before coming to this horrifying conclusion:
Read more at
http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/spider-versus-snake#jqw7r4DGlTWs3IY6.99
Oh, Australia: home to everything completely horrifying about the natural world (except volcanoes, surprisingly enough).
A Golden silk orb-weaver spider can grow up to 5-6.9 cm (2-2.7 in) in
body length, not counting the span of its legs. They spin strong yellow
webs that are very large and can reach a meter in diameter. A large,
strong web can mean only one thing: large, strong prey. These spiders
don’t waste their time with the smallest insects and have been known to
feed on birds and snakes.
Daniel Reardon happened to come across a brown tree snake about half a
meter long that fell out of a tree and into the Golden orb spider’s
web. These snakes eat birds, lizards, and small mammals, so it is a
fairly formidable opponent.
The fight lasted for about an hour before coming to this horrifying conclusion:
Read more at
http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/spider-versus-snake#jqw7r4DGlTWs3IY6.99
Oh, Australia: home to everything completely horrifying about the natural world (except volcanoes, surprisingly enough).
A Golden silk orb-weaver spider can grow up to 5-6.9 cm (2-2.7 in) in
body length, not counting the span of its legs. They spin strong yellow
webs that are very large and can reach a meter in diameter. A large,
strong web can mean only one thing: large, strong prey. These spiders
don’t waste their time with the smallest insects and have been known to
feed on birds and snakes.
Daniel Reardon happened to come across a brown tree snake about half a
meter long that fell out of a tree and into the Golden orb spider’s
web. These snakes eat birds, lizards, and small mammals, so it is a
fairly formidable opponent.
The fight lasted for about an hour before coming to this horrifying conclusion:
Read more at
http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/spider-versus-snake#jqw7r4DGlTWs3IY6.99
Oh, Australia: home to everything completely horrifying about the natural world (except volcanoes, surprisingly enough).
A Golden silk orb-weaver spider can grow up to 5-6.9 cm (2-2.7 in) in
body length, not counting the span of its legs. They spin strong yellow
webs that are very large and can reach a meter in diameter. A large,
strong web can mean only one thing: large, strong prey. These spiders
don’t waste their time with the smallest insects and have been known to
feed on birds and snakes.
Daniel Reardon happened to come across a brown tree snake about half a
meter long that fell out of a tree and into the Golden orb spider’s
web. These snakes eat birds, lizards, and small mammals, so it is a
fairly formidable opponent.
The fight lasted for about an hour before coming to this horrifying conclusion:
Read more at
http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/spider-versus-snake#jqw7r4DGlTWs3IY6.99
Oh, Australia: home to everything completely horrifying about the natural world (except volcanoes, surprisingly enough).
A Golden silk orb-weaver spider can grow up to 5-6.9 cm (2-2.7 in) in
body length, not counting the span of its legs. They spin strong yellow
webs that are very large and can reach a meter in diameter. A large,
strong web can mean only one thing: large, strong prey. These spiders
don’t waste their time with the smallest insects and have been known to
feed on birds and snakes.
Daniel Reardon happened to come across a brown tree snake about half a
meter long that fell out of a tree and into the Golden orb spider’s
web. These snakes eat birds, lizards, and small mammals, so it is a
fairly formidable opponent.
The fight lasted for about an hour before coming to this horrifying conclusion:
Read more at
http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/spider-versus-snake#jqw7r4DGlTWs3IY6.99
Oh, Australia: home to everything completely horrifying about the natural world (except volcanoes, surprisingly enough).
A Golden silk orb-weaver spider can grow up to 5-6.9 cm (2-2.7 in) in
body length, not counting the span of its legs. They spin strong yellow
webs that are very large and can reach a meter in diameter. A large,
strong web can mean only one thing: large, strong prey. These spiders
don’t waste their time with the smallest insects and have been known to
feed on birds and snakes.
Daniel Reardon happened to come across a brown tree snake about half a
meter long that fell out of a tree and into the Golden orb spider’s
web. These snakes eat birds, lizards, and small mammals, so it is a
fairly formidable opponent.
The fight lasted for about an hour before coming to this horrifying conclusion:
Read more at
http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/spider-versus-snake#jqw7r4DGlTWs3IY6.99