Friday, April 8, 2016

Here's Something You Don't See Everyday


This is a large adult tarantula seen last weekend at Anza Borrego State Park. The spider was about 20 feet from where we hung out. Note the dead snake in the upper right which we believe it killed. After it went into its spider hole, we left it alone. My daughter sprinkled some Lucky Charms cereal around the hole. The next morning, the snake and the lucky charms were gone and the hole had been webbed over. 

11 comments:

Chip Ahoy said...

Right-o. I've never seen the likes of this in nature.

But I have seen it collections. Like the boy I showed you who I dared at the Butterfly Pavilion. AquĆ­

Tarantula vs snake Animal Planet. After that plays, then an owl murders a mouse like there's no contest, like the mouse never had a chance. Anticlimatic. They cut at the critical moment and show the result not the hit. Then they just keep going to cheeta vs wildebeest and lion hunts warthog then golden eagle catches a rabbit and all this makes picking up a package of tenderloin steaks seem so civilized.

deborah said...

Family vacation :)

MamaM said...

Some fires to be lit include a sprinkle of Lucky Charms, like those chemical cakes/flakes my dad used to buy to put into fires in our fireplace and to yeild colored flames.

Beats the heck out of merely filling the bucket.

William said...

I've never seen a tarantula in real life. That's a feature of my life not a bug.

chickelit said...

There are six distinct voices in the video. Can you guess which one is mine?

Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...

The next morning, the snake and the lucky charms were gone and the hole had been webbed over.

*shiver*

deborah said...

I was thinking there were only four voices...the four of you...so, were you the first voice?

chickelit said...

I'm the voice that wonders how far tarantulas wander from their holes. The male voice in the beginning is my brother-in-law.

deborah said...

It's nice to put a voice to the name.

chickelit said...

I've been giving you guys chirbit voices for years.

deborah said...

You are a magician...any new ones out?