Overnight, a huge mechanical spider appeared on the side of an office building set to be demolished in Liverpool, England:
The 37-tonne beast heralds the start of a five-day piece of street theatre as part of the Capital of Culture year. It has been built by French company La Machine, which in 2006 brought the streets of London to a standstill with the Sultan's Elephant.
The spider is believed to be "waking up" on Friday.
It will descend from its current position on the side of Concourse House on Thursday to be moved to the city's new arena, before coming to life on Friday. The creature will then begin exploring the city later that evening.
Link - via Ectoplasmosis
Update 9/7/08 - here's the spider walking around Liverpool: Link - Thanks Justin!
http://www.artichoke.uk.com/
Anyone there, or actually seen it?
I once had a pet tarantula.
Spiders are not insects but Arachnids.
(okay, I'm actually only just a little creeped out by the bigger ones)
Last night I went to where it was 'sleeping', by the Echo Arena. I got right up close.
I jokingly told the security guard that "some French guy said it was OK for me to take it for a ride" and he said it takes 16 people to do that. There are control seats all over it, sort of embedded into it.
Local taxi drivers are having a grumble-fest about the 'wasted' taxes which have been spent on it. If the government asked me what I wanted my taxes spending on, the very first thing would be "a giant robot spider please!"
the only thing that could make it cooler is if it was a giant Drider. /geek
--TwoDragons
unfortunately I was away on the weekend it was walking around.