Imagine a spider as big as your fist with legs that span over 12 inches.  Oh and on top of that, it weighs as much as a small puppy.

Photo by Piotr Naskrecki
Photo by Piotr Naskrecki
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That's how large the South American Goliath Bird-eater is.  It is one of  the world's largest spiders.  And some say it is the largest spider by weight.

Entomologist and photographer Piotr Naskrecki encountered one while he was on a nighttime stroll in the rainforest of Guyana, and at first he thought it was a small, hairy mammal.

 

 

 

 

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