Spider 1, Bird 0

Take that, vertebrate scum!

Incidentally, my wife used to have one of these Nephila spiders nesting in the high ceiling of her living room when she was living in Queensland.  I guess she used it to dissuade potential suitors, but somehow I made it through.

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Arrrrrrr another one of those charming Australians :)))

By Jack Jumper (not verified) on 22 Oct 2008 #permalink

Wow that's up there with the pictures of a Praying Mantis eating a Hummingbird I saw.

By MrILoveTheAnts (not verified) on 22 Oct 2008 #permalink

Very cool!

So I take it the that your wife was supporting a bias towards arthropodiphiles?

Seems like a reasonable bias to me.