Weird Species

POSTED BY: JEWELSTAITEFAN
UPDATED: Sunday, June 3, 2018 12:21
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JEWELSTAITEFAN

Sunday, June 3, 2018 2:54 AM

http://absolutehistory.com/a/environment/animals-environment/farmer-th
ought-hed-found-ancient-relic-then-realized-was-rarest-of-spiders/14/

6IXSTRINGJACK

Sunday, June 3, 2018 3:49 AM

Awesome picture. Awesome spider.

Unfortunately, I can't read the story. Even though I have adblocker on, I refuse to give any business to a website that will only show me a few sentences at a time without clicking "next page" so they can force ads on people.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

6IXSTRINGJACK

Sunday, June 3, 2018 3:53 AM

With a reverse image google search I found the name of the spider is the Cyclocosmia.

True to the video, this will probably haunt your nightmares. I'm fully expecting to dream about this in the next few days now.

Chilling....

Do Right, Be Right. :)

6IXSTRINGJACK

Sunday, June 3, 2018 3:56 AM

Oh god...

The horror!

Do Right, Be Right. :)

BRENDA

Sunday, June 3, 2018 5:06 AM

Enough with the weird creepies. >>shudder<<

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Sunday, June 3, 2018 8:57 AM

5 sightings in several millennia. That seemed unusual.
And thought to be extinct.

BRENDA

Sunday, June 3, 2018 10:52 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
5 sightings in several millennia. That seemed unusual.
And thought to be extinct.

Not the first animal thought to be extinct then found.

The Coelacanth leaps to mind. It was thought to be extinct until one was caught off the coast of South Africa in 1938.

I confess to looking up the year and where.

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Sunday, June 3, 2018 11:57 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Awesome picture. Awesome spider.

Unfortunately, I can't read the story. Even though I have adblocker on, I refuse to give any business to a website that will only show me a few sentences at a time without clicking "next page" so they can force ads on people.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

Li Wenhua is the farmer. There are other stories around.

I've seen mention that it's only been seen 6 times since Er Ya was published (around 5BC - 2BC), and 6 times in the past 100 years, and 6 times since 2000. Perhaps Chinese don't have much practice relaying facts in a news forum.

I thought 6 times in 2,020 years was fair rare. But 6 times in 18 years? Not so much.

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Sunday, June 3, 2018 12:21 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:
Quote:
Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
5 sightings in several millennia. That seemed unusual.
And thought to be extinct.

Not the first animal thought to be extinct then found.

The Coelacanth leaps to mind. It was thought to be extinct until one was caught off the coast of South Africa in 1938.

I confess to looking up the year and where.

The most recent formerly Extinct specimen I recall was The Nelson, a 4 inch shrew.