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Another spider feasting on a possum goes viral - C C - Jun 20, 2019 https://www.livescience.com/65746-possum-eating-spider-australia.html EXCERPT: In Australia — where else? — a large spider recently demonstrated the dominance of arachnids over puny mammals, as it chowed down on an unfortunate pygmy possum. [...] Huntsman spiders' usual prey includes many types of insects, reptiles and even other spiders. But it shouldn't come as a surprise that small mammals are also occasionally on the menu. Numerous spider species worldwide are known to eat bats, and researchers recently recorded the first evidence of tropical spiders preying on mouse opossums, in the Peruvian Amazon, Live Science previously reported. (MORE - details) RE: Another spider feasting on a possum goes viral - Magical Realist - Jun 20, 2019 Thanks. That just made my day. RE: Another spider feasting on a possum goes viral - Leigha - Jul 15, 2019 Ugh, why did I look at this thread.