Rick S. wrote:
When I was 14, and living at a mission school at Puraquequara, Amazonas,
Brasil, a classmate (Jim Orr, who is still a missionary) and I,
caught<---euphamism for killed, a spider that was 12 inches across.
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Those bird eating spiders of the Amazon do get gigantic! I loved how a
journalist once described how the indigenous tribesman like to capture this
"badass spider and serve him his ass over a fire!" So much for thinking one
is at the top of the food chain. They even use the fangs as toothpicks
afterwards!
sincerely,
John Grigg
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