Tom

i was amazed when i found this article on the internet, please read, its crazy!!

An office receptionist got the shock of her life earlier this week when she found a 14cm long snake entangled in the web of a deadly spider. Tania Robertson, a receptionist at an electrical firm , came in to work on Tuesday and spotted the strange sight next to a desk in her office. The snake, which had obviously died from the spider's poisonous bite, was off the ground and caught up in the web. Leon Lotz of the arachnology department at the National Museum said it was only the second time that he had heard of a snake getting caught in a spider's web. It is believed the snake got caught in the web on Monday night.

But it did not take the spider long to bite it. A red mark on the snake's stomach was evidence of where the spider had started eating it. Throughout Tuesday, the spider checked on her prey, but on Wednesday she rolled it up and started spinning a web around it. She also kept lifting it higher off the ground, while continually snacking on it.

Even a fly that accidentally landed on the snake was chased off aggressively.......

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Steveo

WHOA thats one strong hardnut of a spider right there!
thanks for posting :D

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Wow. Thats crazy, black widow?

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nid_queen

That is Wicked. didnt realise spiders could take on a snake!

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2Geks

omg, poor snake :(, amazing photo though :) x

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Fundo

wonder if the snake was already dead prior to this

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JT

Great article Tom, wouldnt have belived it!

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Tom

i could not believe it myself..

but i was watching a program the other day, and 1 strand of spider wen froma common house spider, streched out @ 5cm long held 13 1p coins!..

thats alot!..

so i guess if it got caught, and was bitten, it could have died in the web?

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It is a Latrodectus species, unsure which.. Maybe mactans.. :)