The spider was the eater. It was the largest tarantula on record. Natives in Brazil kept reported it and National Geographic went down to investigate it. Found the bugger in the bottom of a brazil nut tree. Marsha Jim Bullard wrote: > At 01:35 PM 4/25/2005 -0400, Marsha wrote: > >> I know on PBS last night they showed a chicken eating spider. Big >> sucker. > > > The chicken or the spider? > >