NORTHLAND'S FAVORITE HITS » biggest http://kool1017.com Thu, 23 May 2013 17:31:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Scientists Discover Jurassic Spider, World's Biggest on Record http://kool1017.com/scientists-discover-jurassic-spider-worlds-biggest-on-record/ http://kool1017.com/scientists-discover-jurassic-spider-worlds-biggest-on-record/#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2011 21:09:00 +0000 Kool Staff http://kool1017.com/?p=5096 Arachnophobes, beware! Scientists have just discovered the world's largest 8-legged creature from the Jurassic period.

The 165 million-year-old female spider is part of the Golden Orb Weavers -- a family of spiders that still exist today -- and has a leg span of nearly six inches.

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