World's Largest Web-Spinning Spider


	World's Largest Web-Spinning Spider
rj3sp
10-22-2009 11:31 AM
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10-22-2009 1:08 PM
jay8h
Hope those suckers are dead that he is holding!
10-25-2009 3:01 AM
lollipop10
of course not--their legs are all open and spread apart.
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The female of the species has a leg span of up to 5 inches (12 centimeters), while the male—which spends much of its time clambering on its partner's back—barely reaches an inch (2.5 centimeters), a new study says.
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