Spider Eats Bird October 23, 2008
Posted by tkcollier in Cool photos, Enviroment.Tags: birds, Enviroment, spiders
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Joel Shakespeare, head spider keeper at the Australian Reptile Park, said the spider was a Golden Orb Weaver.
“Normally they prey on large insects… it’s unusual to see one eating a bird,” he told ninemsn.com.
Mr Shakepeare said he had seen Golden Orb Weaver spiders as big as a human hand but the northern species in tropical areas were known to grow larger.
Queensland Museum identified the bird as a native finch called the Chestnut-breasted Mannikin.
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