Current Events > Man tries to impress date with pet goldfish. Is eaten by spider in front of her.

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A South African man was attempting to impress his new date with his pet goldfish, Cleo, only to be stunned when a giant nursery web spider snatched the unsuspecting fish out of its pond and carried it away, The Sun reports.

Jrmy Schalkwijk was getting ready to show the fish, located in his pond in Barberton, South Africa, to Athina Yalias, when the spider lowered itself into the pond and used its fangs and front legs to carry the fish away. Stunned, Schalkwijk captured photos of the incredible event.

"It was a crazy, crazy sight. You don't see that every day," Schalkwijk, 33, said in comments obtained by The Sun. "I couldn't believe that a spider would be able to carry something twice its weight like that."

"I've never seen something like that before," Schalkwijk, who was on his second date with Athina, added. "I knew [the spiders] could fish, but never such a large size. You see it sometimes with small fish like fingerlings, but never with a goldfish. This was twice the weight of the spider."

After showing the photos to Athina, whom Schalkwijk said was "so impressed," the couple returned to see what the spider would do next. Unsurprisingly, neither the spider or Cleo were anywhere to be found, Schalkwijk added.

Full Article: https://www.foxnews.com/science/giant-spider-hauls-away-goldfish

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Holy shit she came back?

That actually worked?

Maybe spider was a wingman after all
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Damn did the spider at least get to smash after eating the dude
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Gladius_ posted...

Dissapointed. Not a big spider not a big fish.

I think we found the girlfriend
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