In Time For Halloween: 9 New Tarantula Species Discovered

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In Time For Halloween: 9 New Tarantula Species Discovered

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday October 31, 2012 @03:07PM from the welcome-to-my-parlor dept.

Damien1972 writes "If you suffer from acute arachnophobia, this is the perfect Halloween discovery for you: a spider expert has discovered nine new species of arboreal tarantulas in Brazil. Although tarantula diversity is highest in the Amazon rain-forest, the new species are all found in lesser-known Brazilian ecosystems like the Atlantic Forest and the cerrado."

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Spiders are my friends by For+a+Free+Internet · 2012-10-31 15:14 · Score: 3, Insightful

I speak to them in dypthongs exclusively for their pleasure.
Their eyes are made of squirrel tongues! Did you know that?
Once I saw a spider in my compotor. It was reading Slashdort, which those who know, know to be the Facebook of the Internet, where all the cool compotor users exchange viws on topics.

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1. Re:Spiders are my friends by gagol · 2012-10-31 16:06 · Score: 1
  
  Instead of modding the GP, I will give you 2 minutes of fun to make your life more bearable : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHzdsFiBbFc
  
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multi coloured by Thorfinn.au · 2012-10-31 15:36 · Score: 3, Informative

These newly found spiders are in many colours not usually associated with arachnids, such as pink and purple
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1. Re:multi coloured by GodfatherofSoul · 2012-10-31 19:19 · Score: 1
  
  Holy crap! I thought that was a joke! I clicked for the punchline image lol
  
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2. Re:multi coloured by cyberchondriac · 2012-11-01 07:29 · Score: 1
  
  Wow.. they're purty. More suitable for Easter than Halloween!
  
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In Time For Halloween ? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-10-31 15:39 · Score: 1

Hallowe'en finished over 14 hours ago you insensitive clod! (If you live in Australia).
1. Re:In Time For Halloween ? by cyberchondriac · 2012-11-01 07:45 · Score: 1
  
  It's not over for a lot of us on the Eastern seaboard of the US. Hurricane Sandy caused a postponement of the festivities in my state until as late as Monday.
  Granted, Halloween will always be Oct 31, but you know what I mean. This is like the 6 days of Halloween this year.
  
  On the first day of Halloween my dead love gave to me
  A vampire bat in a dead tree
  On the second day of Halloween my dead love gave to me
  Two hairy spiders
  and a vampire bat in a dead tree
  On the third day of Halloween my dead love gave to me
  Three eyeballs
  Two hairy spiders
  and a vampire bat in a dead tree
  On the fourth day of Halloween my dead love gave to me
  Four ghosts-a-moaning
  Three eyeballs
  Two hairy spiders
  and a vampire bat in a dead tree
  On the fifth day of Halloween my dead love gave to me
  Five .. Walking .. Dead
  Four ghosts-a-moaning
  Three eyeballs
  Two hairy spiders
  and a vampire bat in a dead tree
  On the sixth day of Halloween my dead love gave to me
  Six spectres screaming
  Five .. Walking .. Dead
  Four ghosts-a-moaning
  Three eyeballs
  Two hairy spiders
  and a vampire bat in a dead tree
  
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Would have been more Halloweenish if... by Lord_of_the_nerf · 2012-10-31 16:02 · Score: 1

...they were discovered right behind you NOW
Boo.
9 New Tarantula Species Discovered by maugle · 2012-10-31 16:37 · Score: 1

A spider expert has discovered nine new species of arboreal tarantulas ...
... in his socks.
Most important fact by girlintraining · 2012-10-31 16:50 · Score: 1

Slashdot missed the most important thing about this one: It attacks from above.

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Re:Almost cute by marcosdumay · 2012-11-01 01:38 · Score: 1

Nearly all spiders are docile. Even the dangerous ones. And tarantulas aren't dangerous at all.
(Here at Brazil we have one of the few exceptions, one of the two dangerous spider species we have will atack you if you get too near.)

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Just what we need by pieisgood · 2012-11-01 04:04 · Score: 1

Even more silver back gorillas of the insect world!

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Definite article with countries? by Hognoxious · 2012-11-01 05:49 · Score: 1

The Brazil? WTF?

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1. Re:Definite article with countries? by rossdee · 2012-11-01 10:35 · Score: 1
  
  Some countries do have 'The' in their official title
  The United States of America
  The European Union
  The Peoples Republic of China
  And of course the French refer to La France
  BTW I come from The North Island
2. Re:Definite article with countries? by Hognoxious · 2012-11-04 00:25 · Score: 1
  
  Is Brazil among them. No, jizzwad, it isn't.
  As for the French, they can fuck off.
  
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3. Re:Definite article with countries? by Hognoxious · 2012-11-04 00:27 · Score: 1
  
  P.S. The European Union isn't a country.
  
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