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Giant Spiders Invade Australian Outback Town

Posted by samzenpus on from the welcome-to-my-sleepout-said-the-spider-to-the-bloke dept.

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."

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  1. Re:Fuck your fucking spiders! by g253 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Agreed. Could the interwebs please, please stop showing me pictures of gross disgusting huge spiders when I least expect it? Please?

  2. Sounds familiar by hyades1 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Reminds me of when my home town hosted a political convention.

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  3. Re:Fuck your fucking spiders! by Killjoy_NL · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Thanks for this story, it'll be a new nightmare for me

    *shudders*

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