Goliath Bird Eating spider

Do not assume I was the only one in the room when I filmed this. This is directed at all the retards who think I get off on watching animals become food. *Pulls out crayon box* You still look lost, so let me use bright colors. I was not the one who laughed.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Tarantula
• feeding
• mouse
• Goliath

[duditon]

fuking camper.

[Surgors]

9gag

[holyhell111]

i was like awwww the mouse is soo cute then i was like OMG AWESOMEE

[XxgemixX1039]

@unclebenz86 i think you'll find it is totally illegal. if your snake or whatever refused to eat already dead animal then the owner would have to apply for a license and have veterinary recommendation to prove that the animal will only eat live food.

trust me mate i know about this stuff.. i've studied animal behaviour and welfare for 2 years

and this jackass feeding a Goliath a mouse is a knob. too much calcium from the mouse will cause a bad shed of their exo-skeleton...

[XTheLadyOfChaosX]

OH! Also, someone should let the spider's owner know that it is EXTREMELY harmful for the spider to be eating any small creature with bones, because the excess calcium can kill the spider.

[XTheLadyOfChaosX]

I find this video rather disgusting. It's one thing for an encounter like that to happen in the wild, but I totally disagree with just tossing a mouse in there for one's own amusement. That's just cruel.

[archila237]

@Mouiylus and little idiots with 15 years of life like you get me laughing because u think that its so badass insulting anyone haha bedtime past for you bro

[fussn1]

white mouse is envolving........congratulatio­ns! your white mouse has envolved to Deadmau5!

[Mouiylus]

@archila237 cuz people like you keep spamming every fucking thing with 9gag shit

[l3awl3ag]

@soccergirl2900 Then you've got safety. In captivity that's absolute. It may be hard to believe, but that mouse was actually a major threat to this tarantula. One bite, one scratch, and that tarantula is a goner. They don't heal fast like we do, they need to do it gradually between moults (depending on the age that could be months, or even years away). At least in captivity, if this tarantula got scared it's keeper could have removed the mouse in an instant and it would be safe.

[l3awl3ag]

@soccergirl2900 And that's just talking about the space requirements. In the wild they are often forced to fast for weeks or even months at a time due to famine seasons. Granted they are very well suited to that, but they're much happier and healthier if they feed on a more regular and consistent basis. In captivity they eat what they want when they want, and they're all the better for it. They live longer, happier lives.

[l3awl3ag]

@soccergirl2900 It doesn't belong in nature any more than a cat, or a dog, or a rabbit. It's actually better off in captivity. And I use the word "captivity" very loosely, because this isn't like penning in a mammal. In the wild these animals, certainly the females anyway, will live out their entire lives (upwards of 15 years for a female) without moving more than a foot from their burrow. In other words, that tank is more than enough space than it would EVER use, let alone need, in the wild.