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Red Roman eating a bat We were sitting outside a few years ago when we first moved to where we live now in the Northern Cape and we heard a screeching sound and thought it was mice or something fighting. When we went around the corner this is what we saw - the spider eating a bat!! This is not a very good photograph as it was taken while I was still "learning" how to use my camera and it was dark so battled with focus Bats,solifuges,wind spider Click/tap to enlarge

Red Roman eating a bat

We were sitting outside a few years ago when we first moved to where we live now in the Northern Cape and we heard a screeching sound and thought it was mice or something fighting. When we went around the corner this is what we saw - the spider eating a bat!! This is not a very good photograph as it was taken while I was still "learning" how to use my camera and it was dark so battled with focus

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    Thank you for sharing. The lack of focus adds to the mystery and you did capture a very interesting natural event. Posted 11 years ago
  2. View Msalicat's profile
    Msalicat
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    Thank you Posted 11 years ago
  3. View Claire Hamilton's profile
    Claire Hamilton
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    That is quite unbelievable, the fact that a spider will eat a bat, scary. Thanks for sharing, no matter about the image quality, it is the event that matters more! Posted 11 years ago
  4. View Jivko Nakev's profile
    Jivko Nakev
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    Anyway, it is quite interesting. Was the bat still alive, or it was dead? I wonder whether the spider had killed the bat somehow! Posted 11 years ago
  5. View Msalicat's profile
    Msalicat
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    The bat was very much alive when the spider caught it - it was squealing and when we went to investigate what was making a noise we saw this. I don't know how the spider caught it but it ate it alive :( Posted 11 years ago

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Uploaded May 6, 2014. Captured Dec 27, 2010 20:50.
  • PENTAX K-7
  • f/5.6
  • 1/180s
  • ISO100
  • 240mm