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Giant Spiders Invade Australian Outback Town
youth68 writes "Australia is known around the world for its large and deadly creepy crawlies, but even locals have been shocked by the size of the giant venomous spiders that have invaded an Outback town in Queensland. Scores of eastern tarantulas, which are known as 'bird-eating spiders' and can grow larger than the palm of a man's hand, have begun crawling out from gardens and venturing into public spaces in Bowen, a coastal town about 700 miles northwest of Brisbane."
Agreed. Could the interwebs please, please stop showing me pictures of gross disgusting huge spiders when I least expect it? Please?
Reminds me of when my home town hosted a political convention.
I've calculated my velocity with such exquisite precision that I have no idea where I am.
It's the only way to be sure...
They are 6 CENTIMETERS! We Australians were one of the first to convert to metric and that's a metric ruler in the article.
You are correct. However, I meant the leg span, which is 16cm (6.3 inches), as it is the measurement that arachnophiles tend to use when comparing the size of spiders. The length of the body tells relatively little, as the shape varies so dramatically from family to family, or even from genus to genus.
Do you call adopting the metric system in the 1980's early for a system that's been around a couple hundred years?
Considering the British Tabloid media is owned by one Rupert Murdoch, that is odd.
Thanks for this story, it'll be a new nightmare for me
*shudders*
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