A group of teachers, scientists and Indigenous rangers, who are part of a nature discovery program called Bush Blitz – AND ARE COMPLETELY INSANE – have discovered 13 new species of spiders in Queensland.
“Most people go, yeah, who cares, it’s just spiders. Another thing I’ve got to squash,” said ecologist and Bush Blitz manager Jo Harding.
“People don’t realise how important this is.”
While 13 new spiders is ALREADY TOO MANY SPIDERS, we actually already have 6,600 types of spiders in Australia. THAT’S FUCKED.
ACT schoolteacher Leslie Carr dug up (SHE DUG IT UP) one of the new breeds, the Brush-Footed Trapdoor Spider or some bullshit, and wants the arachni-Satan to be named after her, for some reason. She also says that they found a bunch of tarantulas which were AS BIG AS HER HAND.
“Without taxonomy – the description and classification of organisms – “you don’t know if [an organism] is rare or threatened or a biosecurity risk … Or if it contains the cure for cancer,” said Jo Harding.
WELL WE’D LIKE TO FUCKIN’ HOPE SO, JO. HERE’S THAT BRUSH-FOOTED FUCKER NOW:
Photo: Gary Cranitch
NO THANK.
via The Guardian
