Oh, I feel sick. There’s nothing on the top of your shoulders right now, is there?
If arachnids don’t terrify you enough, you should know that somewhere, right now, one is feasting on the warm blood of a mammal.
A study published on 13 March 2013 reports that the ratio of existing spiders to spiders who feast on the flesh of bats was much higher than previously thought. Extensive research published in Plas ONE by scientists states that bat eating spiders are found on every continent except… Antartica.
Most catch bats in webs, like the giant golden silk orb-weavers (Nephilidae). As adults, these spiders’ leg spans can be 10-15 centimeters across, and they weave webs more than a meter in diameter. Bats cholesterol medications online us have also been observed in the webs of social spiders, such as Parawixia. But a minority of spiders, like huntsman and tarantulas, forage for prey without a web, and have been spotted munching on bats onforest floors.
Pics of places not to go, and spiders to avoid at all costs:
Bat: Rhinolophoidea
Spider: Nephila pilipes
Where: Top of the Cockatoo Hill near Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
The spider pressed its mouth against the dead, wrapped bat, indicating that it was feeding on it.
Bat: Rhynchonycteris naso
Spider: Nephila clavipes
Where: Colorado Springs, USA
