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Hook-legged spider found in Oregon cave
A group of cave explorers and scientists have made a rare discovery: an entirely new taxonomic family of spider in the caves of southern Oregon. Only two other spider families (the taxonomic group above both genus and species) have been found since 1990, and this is the first newly discovered, native one uncovered in North America since 1890, said California Academy of Sciences researcher Charles Griswold, lead author of the study that described the species.
So far, the family consists only of the one species described, which the researchers named Trogloraptor marchingtoni. The species is named after Neil Marchington, a member of the Western Cave Conservancy, who first discovered the spider. The genus name, Trogloraptor, means "cave robber."http://news.yahoo.com/rare-discovery...211926504.htmlThe spider also has poisonous glands, although there's no evidence that it is dangerous to humans.
Griswold said this discovery could help explain why there are legends about giant spiders living in caves in this region. And perhaps there are other similar species yet to be found; many caves, especially in the western United States, remain little studied.
Yikes......
No need for that thing to live, kill it before its to late.
Pretty cool how after all these years we still finding new types of animals.
I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
What can those hooks be used for?
Latching onto larger creatures? Slippery cave walls?
How about terrifying the living f*ck out of me?Originally Posted by 23EightySix
I want to pet it..
And this
Awww give it a pirate hat and an eye patch!
It lives in a cave, killing it shouldn't be that hard.
Flamethrower team UP!!!!.........
You're on point LD!
Never met a spider I liked after I got bit by one a few yrs ago. As a kid I used to capture and play with big black tarantulas of Texas, had them by the jarfull and never got bit. It is the small tiny spiders that will bite the hell out of you and cause you skin to fall off in giant clumps and leave a scar like a lunar surface pit. Rule 1: all tiny spiders MUST die.
Southern black widow spider:
Texas brown tarantula:
Last edited by commanding; 08-18-2012 at 11:04 AM.
Spiderthread? Spiderthread. We can start off with this large spider.
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/...ntula_goliath/
3 inches? Pffft, I was thinking this thing was gonna be a foot big and feast entirely on babies.
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