# I love it when spiders eat birds **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 22, 2008, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-it-when-spiders-eat-birds/469135 "2008-10-22T22:08:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-it-when-spiders-eat-birds/469135/61 "2008-10-24T02:26:57Z")
I have to side with the “go, spider” group here. But I was _REALLY_ impressed when I followed the [leopard kills crocodile](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/07/18/ealeopard118.xml) link. Go cat! That’s just amazing! ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-it-when-spiders-eat-birds/469135/62 "2008-10-24T19:12:14Z")
> [@InvisibleWombat](#): > > But I was _REALLY_ impressed when I followed the [leopard kills crocodile](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/07/18/ealeopard118.xml) link. Go cat! That’s just amazing! There was a story in a similar vein a few years back (that I can’t find) about a salmon that leapt into a tank of pirahna and finished a few of them off. And you can’t beat the video of the octopus taking out the shark either. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-it-when-spiders-eat-birds/469135/63 "2008-10-24T19:20:39Z")
A spider able to kill a bird, even a very small bird, is just plain wrong! Do we really need spiders who are that hard? ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-it-when-spiders-eat-birds/469135/64 "2008-10-24T20:50:28Z")
> [@ivan\_astikov](#): > > A spider able to kill a bird, even a very small bird, is just plain wrong! Do we really need spiders who are that hard? The question, my friend, is whether those spiders really need _us_. (insert stale joke here about welcoming our new spider overlords) ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-it-when-spiders-eat-birds/469135/65 "2008-10-24T21:57:13Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > Goliath birdeaters are wonderful creatures. > > Treat them with respect and you’ll be safe. They only go out of their way to eat the smallest of mammals. Verne Troyer? ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-it-when-spiders-eat-birds/469135/66 "2008-10-24T23:01:16Z")
> [@lynne-42](#): > > My brother went camping in America and had the tent ripped open by bears. That would NEVER happen here. Give me spiders any day! What about _drop bears_? Are you trying to tell me that _Crocodile Dundee 2_ **lied** to us about those vicious monsters? What do you think we are, hicks? ---
**Author:** ![lynne-42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lynne-42/32/3138_2.png) [@lynne-42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lynne-42)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2008, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-it-when-spiders-eat-birds/469135/67 "2008-10-25T01:52:19Z")
We love our drop bears! And we love even more anyone who believes in them. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-it-when-spiders-eat-birds/469135/68 "2008-10-27T20:45:09Z")
> [@InvisibleWombat](#): > > The question, my friend, is whether those spiders really need _us_. > > (insert stale joke here about welcoming our new spider overlords) Our spider overlords don’t like stale food, they want it goopy [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-it-when-spiders-eat-birds/469135.md?page=3)