Spider carrying mouse is reason enough to never visit Australia

Not only are there venomous snakes, man-eating crocodiles and evil jellyfish – there’s now fricking mice-eating spiders in Australia (cancels trip). A video has been circulating showing a ravenous spider in Australia that is so strong, it has no problem carrying a mouse up a fridge for feeding time. And its name is Hermie the huntsman – that’s right, our worst nightmare has a name (great). Jason Wormal, a tradesman from Coppabella in Queensland, was heading out to work in the early hours when a neighbour called him. On Facebook, he wrote: ‘So I am just about to leave for work about 0030 and me neighbour says ‘You want to see something cool’ and I say ‘Hell yeah’. ‘So we proceed to his place and he shows me this. Huntsman trying to eat a mouse.’ In a later post, Wormal reassured everyone the spider is still alive and well (good to know… not!). ‘Ok guys so just letting you all know that the spider is fine. We have named him Hermie, we have adopted him and he is now running his own extermination business out of our town Coppabella. Oh and he is now paying rent. Lol,’ he wrote. Graham Millage, manager of the Australian Museum’s arachnology collection, told the Guardian it was unusual, but not unheard of, for spiders to eat vertebrates. He said: ‘This is the first time I’ve seen one catch a mouse, but I have seen huntsmen catch geckos. I’ve seen a redback spider catch a snake in its web, I’ve seen a golden orb spiders catch birds.’ | Metro News via IFTTT

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