It was a picture I am certain came from the deepest nightmare of my own, personal psyche. Like a disgusting, cataclysmic event, I could not peel my eyes away for one horrific, seemingly eternal moment. When finally I could, I was forced to muster enough strength to override the dry heaves and vomit that would have followed.
The picture was taken in a suburb of an Australian city. It showed a GINORMOUS spider chowing down on a bird. You may think this was a delicate, little bird such as a Golden Finch. Think again. This bird had to be the size similar to an eagle.
Poor, hapless birds die all the time. I've seen my fair share of electrocuted phone-wire loving avian and even hit Hedwig's cousin with my car (it was like a feather pillow exploded everywhere) BUT this bird died an ignominious death in the jaws of a spider he could've beaten up on a better day. (Guess it just wasn't the best day of his life...but sad for him, his last) I wonder what his last thoughts were? Let'sexplore this...
We will call him 'Lucky'.
Lucky: "Ho-de-hum, I love to fly in the burbs and poop on people's windshields...Ug, what is this sticky mess I am in? Help! I can't get out!"
Disgusto the Spider: "Ohhh! Lunch! Here I come, Mister Unfortunate!"
Lucky: "Why are there a thousand eyes looking straight at me...and coming closer...with fangs dripping with toxic substances?! AUGH!...AUGH....augh...sploosh."
Disgusto: Mmmm. Yum, yum...slobber, slobber, Crunch, crunch...burp."
I think Disgusto's middle name ought to be 'Gluttony'.
If you dare to see a picture, here is the link. I didn't post it, just in case you didn't want to see it...
http://www.cairns.com.au/article/2008/10/23/11601_local-news.html
9 comments:
I didn't want to look but I had too. That is scary! Maybe this will replace my nightmares of bed bugs though.:)
Okay, I looked and that is gross!
That's not too bad. Maybe this is the rational side of me speaking that knows spiders like that would never live here in Oregon... Maybe it's denial...
Ewwww
Okay, so I'm horrified. I never thought that there could really be spiders that big! Yuck? I can't even kill ones the size of a quarter cause I don't want to hear the crunch. Imagine what that one would sound like with a big smack of the shoe!!! GROSS! Thank you for sharing...i think.
I don't think I'll move to Australia anytime soon either! Wow, that's scary. I thought huge spiders only existed in Harry Potter land.
mammoth and spider should not be in the same sentence . . . ever! Imagine finding one of those in your bathroom.
That gives me chills down my back. I'll be waking YOU up in the middle of the night when it haunts my dreams. Gross!
ew! sick!
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