Not sure wheren this story came from, but somewhere in Oz.
An office receptionist got the shock of her life earlier this week 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 on Tuesday 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. It is believed the snake got caught in the web on Monday night. 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 Tuesday, the spider checked on her prey, but on Wednesday 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 landed on the snake was chased off aggressively!!!!!!!!
like spiders and snakes?
like spiders and snakes?
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Re: like spiders and snakes?
Rad!
I had a black widow in a jar in my room when I was a kid in salt lake. It was really good at catching things like bees and praying mantises.
Saw this a while back. http://japanesebugfights.com/
I had a black widow in a jar in my room when I was a kid in salt lake. It was really good at catching things like bees and praying mantises.
Saw this a while back. http://japanesebugfights.com/
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