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Brilliant Spider
July 29, 2013 at 10:21 pm
So I'm watching this ant crawl across the concrete outside today when this tiny spider jumps out of a crack. It was like half as big as the ant. So it lasso's one of the ant's legs and starts running frantically in a counter-clockwise circle around the ant immobilizing it's legs. After about 12 rotations it reverses its direction and keeps running around it in a circle.
This guy just took down prey that was twice his size.
Has anyone else ever witnessed a spider do this or is this like the most badass genuis spider ever?
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RE: Brilliant Spider
July 29, 2013 at 10:25 pm
2 questions:
The ant stayed still while the spider lapped around it? Generous ant.
Manspider?
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RE: Brilliant Spider
July 29, 2013 at 10:26 pm
(July 29, 2013 at 10:25 pm)Walking Void Wrote: The ant stayed still while the spider lapped around it? Generous ant.
Manspider?
I think the spider did it's first loop around the ant's legs before it knew what was happening.
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RE: Brilliant Spider
July 29, 2013 at 10:30 pm
They just don't make ants like they used to!
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RE: Brilliant Spider
July 29, 2013 at 11:14 pm
So....even the bugs in Texas are cowboys? Why am I not surprised?
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RE: Brilliant Spider
July 30, 2013 at 1:37 am
Spiders are really cool. I like them just as much as cats.
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RE: Brilliant Spider
July 30, 2013 at 4:08 am
I knew it. My dad always told me that spiders are more frightened of me than I am of them because they are much smaller than I am.
I finally have proof that he is wrong. Thanks op.
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RE: Brilliant Spider
July 30, 2013 at 7:17 am
I saw a spider kill a hornet. It was an epic battle that disrupted the entire English class. Unfortunately the spider eventually died because of its wounds. But he did save us from the hornet.
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RE: Brilliant Spider
July 30, 2013 at 8:26 am
You could see a spider half the size of an ant? How big was this ant?!
My estate has a lot of magpies and squirrels that sometimes fight. I should film it one day. lol
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RE: Brilliant Spider
July 30, 2013 at 8:36 am
(July 30, 2013 at 8:26 am)NoraBrimstone Wrote: You could see a spider half the size of an ant? How big was this ant?!
Normal ant size. Bigger than a fire ant but not as big as those big red ones with mounds a foot tall or so.
It happened right in front of me while I was sitting on a bench. So I could see them pretty clearly.
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