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Fish-eating spiders 'widespread'
- todd3834 12y agoVideo for those who want to see a spider actually catching and eating a fish: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72zmjWWBEGo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72zmjWWBEGo
- afreak 12y agoInterestingly, there are spiders that will consume small mammals like mice and even snakes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goliath_birdeater http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goliath_birdeater Their primary diet isn't birds as the name might suggest, but they're perfectly capable of trapping something other than their usual insects if need be. Fortunately the title wasn't "flesh-eating" as I had initially thought this article said.
- briandh 12y agoSome huntsman spiders will occasionally eat small lizards. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huntsman_spider http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huntsman_spider