Pasir Ris Park visitor gets up close and personal with ‘chonky’ spider

Singapore – A visitor to Pasir Ris Park visitor found his a picture trended on Reddit after posting a photo with a large spider, garnering respect from netizens for his bravery.

Redditor u/paddy_boomsticks uploaded a photo on Wednesday (Feb 16) of a spider larger than his upturned palm.

“Came across this chonky spider in Pasir Ris Park today,” said the Redditor in the caption.

On top of being amazed at the sheer size of the spider, members of the online community were impressed by how close the visitor got with the arachnid.

“All I see is a person with balls of steel,” commented Redditor u/orhpisai1990, whose comment received more than 840 upvotes.

“Balls of titanium you can see from space…or a person who gambles whether it’s venomous or going to change him to spiderman,” added two others.

When asked why he got that close to the spider, he said he wanted to get as close as possible so he wouldn’t be accused of exaggerating the animal’s  size. “If you look carefully, you can see my index finger pressing on the web,”  he added.

For those wondering, this spider is a female Golden Orb Weaver. “Very cool spiders! They make one of the strongest webs, and there’s research on using them in bulletproof vests,” noted one Redditor.

“The big ones have been known to eat small birds and reptiles. Happy to see at least a few of them get this big in Singapore,” added another netizen.

Others noted that the male spiders are much smaller than the females and often end up being eaten by the females after impregnating them.

Although this spider is venomous, the bite of a Golden Orb Weaver is not considered dangerous to humans and only affects very small prey.

“Honestly, you really don’t have to worry too much about spiders biting. Most bites happen when people step on them, roll on them, etc. Spiders are very chill on the whole. After I took a third photo, this little dude just scrambled up the web a bit. They aren’t looking for trouble,” said the Redditor who took the picture./TISG

Came across this chonky spider in Pasir Ris Park today. from singapore

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