I'm all for conservation, but I really have mixed feelings on this one
The Fen Raft Spider is roughly the size of an adult male’s hand, and can spin webs as big as pizzas (25cm).
They are also semi-aquatic and can run across the water’s surface to capture their prey.
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Two spider pictures in the article, but neither depict a Fen Raft Spider. Shameful excuse for journalism.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_raft_spider
I didn't notice until you mentioned it!
So the top one in a house I don't recognise, and the bottom one on a web ... a black widow or red something ... As you maybe able to tell, I'm not really a spider fan!
I hate spiders, know thine enemy I guess.
Top one is an Australian huntsmen. Bottom one looks like an orb weaver of some kind.
reintroducing wolves and bears is too radical, but fecking giant spiders is okay?
Wolves are for level 5 and bears are level 10. We have to start with the giant spiders first or the level 1 noobs won't stand a chance.
Now go and collect 10 bundles of silk thread. Killing 273 spiders should do it. Drop isn't guaranteed.
As long as they're not inside my house, (and if they were, I would take them outside) I'd say it's fine. They deserve somewhere nice to live (as long as it isn't. inside my house)
If they're calling 25cm the size of a pizza... I'm doubting the rest. Size of an adult male's hand? I'm small, and being generous, the width of my palm is 90cm.
from Wiki:
That's the size of the largest banana spiders I've seen. In FLORIDA.
Your palm is nearly a meter wide?!
Incredible palm game.