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Oven-baked in their native Cambodia, these very real tarantulas are available from ThinkGeek for $24.99 a piece, complete with fangs and hair. They’re ready to be eaten straight out of the package, described as crunchy and a Cambodian delicacy. Baked, not fried like other less-healthy cooked tarantula alternatives, each tarantula is chosen from carefully monitored sources to ensure their preservation and then cooked by Cambodian locals (probably children). The tarantulas should be on available by Thanksgiving. I call the penis!... Continue reading

Developed and built by robotics man Drew, this “walking machine” resembles a four-legged spider and walks with an unusual hoppish gait. Designed to entertain, entertain it does. Costing around $1000 to produce, one of the coolest things about this arachind bot is that it’s controlled with two sets of modified Wii Nunchucks. If you want to test the waters and attempt to make your own walking machine, you’ll need steel plate, copper, aluminum tubing, brass, a 7.4V 1100mAh lithium-polymer battery,... Continue reading

How would you like wearing a shirt made out of 100% real spider webs? Zheng Xianwen used the ancient method of creating clothing out of cobwebs to create this spider web shawl / shirt. The shirt took him two days to make using the ancient methods. The good news is that he has plenty of spiders left over to snack on. Hopefully he didn’t leave any stragglers. Link

As part of Liverpool’s Capital of Culture celebrations, the French company La Machine created this 50 foot monstrosity and called it art, when in actuality it is a movie prop from Eight Legged Freaks that none of the cast wanted to take home. The installation cost £1.8million to bring to Liverpool – and all but £250,000 of this was funded by the taxpayer. Man, if I lived in Liverpool (I’m glad I don’t because I hear they’ve got a spider... Continue reading