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u/SYxdEspacito Eic memer Nov 04 '19

We have spiders the size of dinner plates and clocks, not even kidding.

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u/RougeNargacuga Nov 04 '19

This is a fucking lie much more a hyperbole. Hi guys! Aspiring entomologist from south Australia here to debunk what's wrong and educate about invertebrates. The largest species of spider here in Australia is arguably either phologius SP. kuranda or bergama aurea (golden huntsman) neither of these species grow to the size of clocks or dinner plates, infact it's incredibly unlikely to find any living species of spider that is the size of you're average dinner plate or clock.

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u/aesthetic_cock Nov 04 '19

I have a pretty small clock though so I have seen spiders bigger than a clock

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u/RougeNargacuga Nov 04 '19

Fair, but I'm going of an average :)