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  • 156 points pitagrape

    Yeah. Metal. Black widow made a meal out of what kind of spider?

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    105 points EstusShardConsumer

    Huntsman

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    69 points FrogInShorts

    The spider hunts men? Sounds like the widow got her revenge.

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    19 points Pro_Extent

    We call them redbacks down here.

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    10 points MrNobody_0

    That's a Redback, the Australian cousin to the Black Widow.

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    1 points Quite_Lovers

    black widow is so crazy sometimes!

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  • 64 points phatassgato

    TIL Australian Black Widows have their red on their back.

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    39 points kenman

    Thus, "Redbacks".

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    16 points FartDoughnut13

    Do you come from a land down under? Where women glow and men plunder Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? You better run, you better ...

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    4 points bskiggs

    Are you tryin to tempt me?

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    2 points ZippyTheWonderbat

    Because I come from the land of plenty?

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  • 26 points BrianMeen

    how did this happen? aren’t huntsman very fast and effective predators?

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    37 points ExpensiveFish9277

    There's always someone faster.

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    22 points Atraxodectus

    Yeah, but widow silk stops bullets, and her venom is the deadliest biochemical on planet Earth by toxicity

    She can lay out baby rattlesnakes. Huntsman ain't shit.

    (Ironically, other web-building spiders have an edge, because Latrodectus (widow) is blind, and easy to ambush).

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    3 points BrianMeen

    supposedly, black widows only known predator is the mud dauber wasp.. according to a quick search

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    2 points Quick-Asparagus-8937

    White tip spiders catch and feast on Redbacks. Circle of life.

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    0 points wonderful_rush

    Daddy long legs eat redbacks.

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    2 points innuendonut

    /gif $idliketoknowmore$

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    2 points Atraxodectus

    OK! Widow spiders occupy all 7 continents. Only three other orders so: birds, humans and cats. Humans and cats are also introduced.

    (Note: The one widow spider they found has bred several generations by 2025, since they found her in 2009.)

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    3 points Stupidobject

    It was set up. This spider species doesn't not hunt outside of their web. This species wont even go in for a bite unless their prey is wrapped up or it is a defensive bite against non-prey. This would not be possible unless the huntsman was dead and someone took her out of her web

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  • 17 points Stupidobject

    This feels set up. Widows are essentially useless and in all regards, blind outside of their web and will undoubtedly run. Latrodectus species doesn't pounce on prey and bite. Their web is literally their sensory organ and they never leave their web unless it is destroyed.

    I keep this genus of spider and a quick Google search will say the same thing

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    14 points Sphinx87

    This is the only correct response. Seems staged.

    Huntsman's fuck up Redbacks all the time.

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  • 1 points Azndude50

    They’re just taking a nap together right? Right?!

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  • 0 points Nilesander

    is the big spider recently molded, he seems very jellyiey

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