Assassin Spider Discovered in Madagascar

By Stacy in Everything Else on Dec 14, 2008 at 7:02 pm

I’m not particularly scared of bugs or spiders, but this thing gives me the heebie jeebies. Assassin spiders have really long necks, so they can attack from a distance, which they do by impaling their prey with the barbed ends of their jaws. Creepy. Sounds like a total horror movie to me, but at two millimeters long, they are completely harmless to humans.

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  1. Ali S.
    Dec 14th, 2008 at 7:20 pm

    Good God! It looks like a miniature and creepier version of a Praying Mantis fused with a Giraffe!

  2. Geekazoid
    Dec 14th, 2008 at 8:18 pm

    Ugh I hate bugs, arachnids, you name it. Creepy.

  3. Coco
    Dec 14th, 2008 at 8:40 pm

    …Some would call it the Gary Busey of spiders, yes?

  4. liphttam1
    Dec 14th, 2008 at 9:40 pm

    Z!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well I mean if it was facing the other way, you know….

  5. ted
    Dec 14th, 2008 at 11:43 pm

    2mm makes it even more creppy. There could be one on you right now!

  6. Sara
    Dec 15th, 2008 at 12:23 am

    neeeehhhhh
    It’s like a bad car wreck. No matter how much I want to look away, I just…can’t… D:


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