chestnut-breasted Mannikin

chestnut-breasted Mannikin https://scienceblogs.com/ en Spider Eats Bird in Australia https://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2008/10/26/spider-eats-bird-in-australia <span>Spider Eats Bird in Australia</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><span style="font-size: 10px">tags: <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/spider+eats+bird" rel="tag">spider eats bird</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/golden+orb+spider" rel="tag">golden orb spider</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/chestnut-breasted+Mannikin" rel="tag">chestnut-breasted Mannikin</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/birds" rel="tag">birds</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/avian" rel="tag">avian</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/WTF" rel="tag">WTF</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/wow" rel="tag">wow</a></span></p> <div class="centeredCaption"> <p><a target="window" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/grrlscientist/2976208172/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3157/2976208172_639cc954d5_o.jpg" width="468" height="310" /></a></p> <p>Golden Orb Spider eats a chestnut-breasted Mannikin in Australian garden.</p> <p>Image and story: <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1079895/The-amazing-pictures-giant-spider-eating-bird.html">Daily Mail</a>. </p> </div> <p>This picture and story is so creepy that it makes my skin crawl to see this at the top of my blog. But it's also very strange -- the stuff of nightmares!! -- so I had to share it with you. If you are an arachnophobe, as I am, this will defintely give you nightmares. But if you are insatiably curious about the natural world, as I am, follow the <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1079895/The-amazing-pictures-giant-spider-eating-bird.html">link</a> for the story and for more gruesome images -- just in time for Hallowe'en. </p> </div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="/author/grrlscientist" lang="" about="/author/grrlscientist" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">grrlscientist</a></span> <span>Sun, 10/26/2008 - 13:25</span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/invertebrates" hreflang="en">Invertebrates</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/nature" hreflang="en">Nature</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/australia-0" hreflang="en">Australia</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/bird" hreflang="en">bird</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/chestnut-breasted-mannikin" hreflang="en">chestnut-breasted Mannikin</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/creepy" hreflang="en">creepy</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/golden-orb-spider" hreflang="en">golden orb spider</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/spider" hreflang="en">spider</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/spider-eats-bird" hreflang="en">spider eats bird</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/wow" hreflang="en">wow</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/wtf-0" hreflang="en">WTF</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/invertebrates" hreflang="en">Invertebrates</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/nature" hreflang="en">Nature</a></div> </div> </div> <section> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2063609" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1225050371"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Wow. I don't know if they were THAT big, but I've seen some massive golden orb spiders in the field in Florida. The spiders themselves could be larger than your hand, but the webs were insane. I've seen many whose webs would span trails that were at least 20 feet wide. Just insane.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2063609&1=default&2=en&3=" token="b2KN4OtDV2jMjv147LHkwLc92W8d6WLPrEDVD7Te3w8"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">jake (not verified)</span> on 26 Oct 2008 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/22345/feed#comment-2063609">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2063610" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1225051231"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Here's a photo of two of these golden orb spiders (male and female?) with a human hand for scale reference.</p> <p><a href="http://www.mit.edu/~nagaj/photo/0701australia/br20.jpg">http://www.mit.edu/~nagaj/photo/0701australia/br20.jpg</a></p> <p>In context</p> <p><a href="http://www.mit.edu/~nagaj/photo/0701australia/index4.html">http://www.mit.edu/~nagaj/photo/0701australia/index4.html</a></p> <p>Taken in Brisbane, Queensland.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2063610&1=default&2=en&3=" token="TYINyikoymtpvQ0OYhymHlQ-PR4UBzOTKnBGoEOIDyA"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Thomas (not verified)</span> on 26 Oct 2008 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/22345/feed#comment-2063610">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2063611" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1225051413"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Ordinarily - the <i>Daily Mail</i> is so unreliable one should be skeptical if they report anything more unusual than 'water is wet'. But it's reported in the <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/earth/2008/10/22/easpider122.xml">torygraph</a> as well.</p> <p>In addition - the Australian golden orb weaver and a few other Australian spiders have been known to eat small birds on occasion. There's also a (much smaller, but still big for a spider) communal spider in the pacific northwest that occasionally eats small birds.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2063611&1=default&2=en&3=" token="UnZwfr35ROemzE1ilYAnbkEZHrYmSBLT7BSy7Ikqn_s"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">llewelly (not verified)</span> on 26 Oct 2008 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/22345/feed#comment-2063611">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2063612" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1225052177"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>The Smithsonian in Wash. DC has a preservered birdeating tarantula in the museum that is really creepy and huge!</p> <p><a href="http://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/invertebrates/facts/factsheets/">http://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/invertebrates/facts/factsheets/</a><br /> goliathbirdeatingtarantula.cfm</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2063612&1=default&2=en&3=" token="Rh-pDko5iWkVnZag5XDSjq3sbIMlj38y9608BLZkym8"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://tabordays.blogspot.com" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Tabor (not verified)</a> on 26 Oct 2008 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/22345/feed#comment-2063612">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2063613" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1225057334"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>That is so cool.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2063613&1=default&2=en&3=" token="3K-zlE6fcMjKxPn0WoDjUtmOlJIXdJofV8oByH7lSdU"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Moses (not verified)</span> on 26 Oct 2008 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/22345/feed#comment-2063613">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="134" id="comment-2063614" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1225061055"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>llewelly -- this story has been reported in close to one dozen newspapers around the world. i just grabbed the first photoessay that had pictures guaranteed to give me nightmares. </p> <p>oh, and thanks for the additional nightmares, thomas and tabor!</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2063614&1=default&2=en&3=" token="M0kSuWPP_ycNKRLf5jQ-twhj55rK355T-Q4uJARz8H4"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a title="View user profile." href="/author/grrlscientist" lang="" about="/author/grrlscientist" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">grrlscientist</a> on 26 Oct 2008 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/22345/feed#comment-2063614">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/author/grrlscientist"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/author/grrlscientist" hreflang="en"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/pictures/Hedwig%20P%C3%B6ll%C3%B6l%C3%A4inen.jpeg?itok=-pOoqzmB" width="58" height="58" alt="Profile picture for user grrlscientist" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"><a href="/user/login?destination=/grrlscientist/2008/10/26/spider-eats-bird-in-australia%23comment-form">Log in</a> to post comments</li></ul> Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:25:17 +0000 grrlscientist 87817 at https://scienceblogs.com