The scientists identified this snake-assassin as the brown button spider. It is widespread in various parts of the world, including North America and has neurotoxic venom that is as toxic as the black widow's. However, it is the first time when the fact of a spider eating a snake is documented.
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Papa Doc 12 year s ago
Isn´t it a black widow?
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snarf 12 year s ago
Bloemfontein is a city in South Africa, not a company.
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Enter your name 12 year s ago
Nothing to do here
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5minutes 12 year s ago
Boy. While the snake appears to be an aurora house snake, the spider appears to be some form of button spider, but not the brown button. The Brown Button is, well... brown. It's a member of the latrodectus genus, but it's not a brown button.
The most likely candidate would be either l. cinctus (the east cape button spider) or l. indistinctus (the west cape button spider).
Here's a link the exact same pictures from 2008 that claims it took place in Australia: http://xo.typepad.com/blog/2008/09/spider-eats-snake.html
If that link is true, then the spider is most likely a redback spider (l. hasseltii).
Either way... KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!!
The most likely candidate would be either l. cinctus (the east cape button spider) or l. indistinctus (the west cape button spider).
Here's a link the exact same pictures from 2008 that claims it took place in Australia: http://xo.typepad.com/blog/2008/09/spider-eats-snake.html
If that link is true, then the spider is most likely a redback spider (l. hasseltii).
Either way... KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!!
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gigantes 12 year s ago
this is an ancient story:
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/spider-catches-snake.shtml
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/spider-catches-snake.shtml
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fred 12 year s ago
its not real
The most likely candidate would be either l. cinctus (the east cape button spider) or l. indistinctus (the west cape button spider).
Here's a link the exact same pictures from 2008 that claims it took place in Australia: http://xo.typepad.com/blog/2008/09/spider-eats-snake.html
If that link is true, then the spider is most likely a redback spider (l. hasseltii).
Either way... KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!!
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/spider-catches-snake.shtml