Originally posted by 12131: Got to be a baby opossum. Too tiny.
Big spidey no doubt but he's picking on a little guy. Back when I had a hobby farm I was surprised to find a possum in the poultry barn one morning. Rare thing to find a possum in Minnesota. Anyway he clearly forgot how he found his way in and couldn't get out. When I walked in and surprised him he went all honey badger hissin' and spittin' and bluff charging me. Enough to make me vacate the barn faster than I thought I could.
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February 28, 2019, 06:02 PM
arcwelder
Definitely not a full grown opossum, or that spider would be enormous.
Things like this are why I don't mind shoveling snow, frankly.
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February 28, 2019, 06:09 PM
rusbro
Awwww! The spider has clearly adopted the opposing and is nursing it.
February 28, 2019, 06:12 PM
bigeinkcmo
I'm strangely wondering how big the spider will be after eating that...lol.
February 28, 2019, 06:27 PM
Arty
That was not nearly ugly enough to be an American possum. It was a big spider.
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February 28, 2019, 07:14 PM
pawprintsdoc
Goodness gracious, that wigs me out.
February 28, 2019, 07:16 PM
P-220
Hell No!!!!!!!!
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February 28, 2019, 07:19 PM
preten2b
My son spent a year in the Brazilian rain forest. He learned to leave the tarantulas in the house alone, some bigger than his hand span. Reason is, they eat what you really don't want in the house.
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February 28, 2019, 07:41 PM
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February 28, 2019, 07:46 PM
kkina
Mouse opossum, about the size of a softball. Still a big spidey.
Originally posted by preten2b: My son spent a year in the Brazilian rain forest. He learned to leave the tarantulas in the house alone, some bigger than his hand span. Reason is, they eat what you really don't want in the house.
Yikes.
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February 28, 2019, 08:27 PM
Dzozer
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Originally posted by irreverent:
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Originally posted by preten2b: My son spent a year in the Brazilian rain forest. He learned to leave the tarantulas in the house alone, some bigger than his hand span. Reason is, they eat what you really don't want in the house.
Yikes.
Exactly! Ok, so preten2b, did your son give any details on what it what that you really didn't want in the house? I can imagine some pretty nasty critters, but was curious.
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February 28, 2019, 08:45 PM
mikeyspizza
Opossum already dead. Do they have video/know for sure that it was the tarantula that killed it?
February 28, 2019, 09:00 PM
kkina
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Originally posted by mikeyspizza: Opossum already dead. Do they have video/know for sure that it was the tarantula that killed it?
The article said the opposum was still alive and moving when the researchers first spotted the pair. A few moments later it became motionless. This was a spidey kill.
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February 28, 2019, 09:31 PM
Bassamatic
Small possum or not, that was still too damn big of a spider.
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