WHAT IN THE WORLD IS THAT?! :O

It's Jabba the hut's kid! Nice entry. But seriously, what is this thing?

Must be a real catch! Bet his wife is proud

Florida long neck turtle. Doesn't it just say kiss me .

My first thought too...What in the world!?!?!?! Thanks for the description. Awesome shot but NO, it doesn't seem to say "kiss me" to me!

That was my first thoght! amazing picture by the way

wow, I had to google that because I've never seen a turtle that looked like this :O

I can see the turtle now! GL!

I live in Florida and hope I never come across one. Get shot!

Awesome shot, perfect expression, and I must say he's so cute = )

God in Heaven! What the heck is this? Great find and picture!

I know this guy, he was a professor at my uni
Well anyway, great capture GL

Hey I'm in florida and haven't seen one of these things! Hope in my next life I don't get chosen to be one of them! lol

lmao oh my god this thing is a sexy beast

Thanks everyone ! She's a beauty...in her world.

Must be from outer space.

Damn...this is ugly...great find author and perfect capture...well done

If they ever wanna replay Star Wars with birds, this fellow would have the role of the Emperor. Nice image. Good luck!

That is ugly, you kind of want to wish for it's recovery

I got a better idea: Thanksgiving!

and I'm not sure if it's missing an eye or just looks that way. I promise it's not the contrast.

ewe, ick, gross, weird!!! Good shot though!!

Old and ugly....Nice capture author....

Gosh! Too old to retire...

Losing its hair too! Great find, well captured.

I kinda feel bad for the fella... looks like he/she would be a good listener. Just kinda has that look about it.

Awwwh! it looks so sad! way to capture that Great entry and a very ugly bird fr sure!

Fabulous shot...well done author

It looks like a little old man with liver spots on his head !

The hIgh res is truly scary

IT sucks to get bitten by one of these. I know personally. It won't kill you but your guts will feel like you're turning inside out for awhile. Good shot! GL!

That is terrifying! I don't think I'd have the guts to photogragh that.

Fantastic!! Yes, terrifying indeed!

ya know I've seen their size on tv in comparison to other things but this one was huge!!! I wanted to touch it cause I always get that feeling I just need to do that to things that are dangerous but I held off. LOL

Good idea. Trust me, your guts getting eaten from the inside out really doesn't feel good.

eek..... nice capture I don't know that I would have got that close, good luck

We have a related spider down under called the redback spider, and there is a really funny song by Slim Newton, you can see the lyrics http://alldownunder.com/oz-u/songs/red-back-on-the-toilet-seat-27.htm
or listen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QldU_HKEHd4&feature=related

i like spiders, especially, exotic ones like this black widow. great picture

HAHA MM!! I like that song! Poor guy!

Great shot. hope you had a telephoto lens!

haha! I wish! My telephoto lens doesn't give me the clarity that my 100mm macro does so I was basicly right up on it. We had this rolled up extra carpet from when we got our house done and it was leaning against the wall in the garage and the little lady (dead lady now) decided to attach its web from there to the wall.

Fantastic piece...u are master in making this...well done

wow you are very brave to get close to one of these, did ya kill it after??

I thought it was a red-backed spider as MadameMonty described. I did wonder how the author came across one in their part of the world. Great shot - it wouldn't have survived long enough to spin a web near my house lol!