In Time For Halloween: 9 New Tarantula Species Discovered 26
Damien1972 writes "If you suffer from acute arachnophobia, this is the perfect Halloween discovery for you: a spider expert has discovered nine new species of arboreal tarantulas in Brazil. Although tarantula diversity is highest in the Amazon rain-forest, the new species are all found in lesser-known Brazilian ecosystems like the Atlantic Forest and the cerrado."
Spiders are my friends (Score:3, Insightful)
I speak to them in dypthongs exclusively for their pleasure.
Their eyes are made of squirrel tongues! Did you know that?
Once I saw a spider in my compotor. It was reading Slashdort, which those who know, know to be the Facebook of the Internet, where all the cool compotor users exchange viws on topics.
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multi coloured (Score:4, Informative)
photo [regmedia.co.uk]
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Holy crap! I thought that was a joke! I clicked for the punchline image lol
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In Time For Halloween ? (Score:1)
Hallowe'en finished over 14 hours ago you insensitive clod! (If you live in Australia).
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Granted, Halloween will always be Oct 31, but you know what I mean. This is like the 6 days of Halloween this year.
On the first day of Halloween my dead love gave to me
A vampire bat in a dead tree
On the second day of Halloween my dead love gave to me
Two hairy spiders
and a vampire bat in a dead tree
On the third day of Halloween my dead lo
Would have been more Halloweenish if... (Score:2)
...they were discovered right behind you NOW
Boo.
9 New Tarantula Species Discovered (Score:2)
A spider expert has discovered nine new species of arboreal tarantulas ...
... in his socks.
Most important fact (Score:2)
Slashdot missed the most important thing about this one: It attacks from above.
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Nearly all spiders are docile. Even the dangerous ones. And tarantulas aren't dangerous at all.
(Here at Brazil we have one of the few exceptions, one of the two dangerous spider species we have will atack you if you get too near.)
Just what we need (Score:2)
Even more silver back gorillas of the insect world!
Definite article with countries? (Score:2)
The Brazil? WTF?
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Some countries do have 'The' in their official title
The United States of America
The European Union
The Peoples Republic of China
And of course the French refer to La France
BTW I come from The North Island
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Is Brazil among them. No, jizzwad, it isn't.
As for the French, they can fuck off.
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P.S. The European Union isn't a country.