And we make a trip down south to Antarctica today! I've featured penguins before, I know, but some are just too cute and could use another feature. Most of these animals should be new, though!

The thing about Antarctica, though... well, there just aren't any spiders there (so arachnophobes, if you don't mind cold, there's a place you can go). That doesn't mean the daily spider pictures aren't going up, though. Instead, I've put in a picture of a spider from the next continent we're taking a look at- they certainly have more than enough to go around, too.


antarctic fur seal


weddell seal


leopard seal


crabeater seals


southern elephant seal


arctic tern


snow petrel


blue eyed shag


south polar skua


gentoo penguin


adelie penguin


chinstrap penguins

And as for the spider, well...















Can you see it in the picture?




It should be no surprise that this spider is called the leaf curling spider. If you're in Australia and you spot a leaf like this in a web, there's a pretty good chance it was the spider's on doing! These little orbweavers tuck themselves up in a leaf (or just any leaf like thing they can grab) so that they can hide themselves safely away from predators. You can also make an estimate at how old the spider is from the type of leaf in the web. Younger spiders tend to curl smaller, softer green leaves, while older spiders use large dead ones that they can hoist up from the ground at night. They're not really dangerous to people at all, and much prefer hiding away as much as they can.







And we make a trip down south to Antarctica today! I've featured penguins before, I know, but some are just too cute and could use another feature. Most of these animals should be new, though! The thing about Antarctica, though... well, there just aren't any spiders there (so arachnophobes, if you don't mind cold, there's a place you can go). That doesn't mean the daily spider pictures aren't going up, though. Instead, I've put in a picture of a spider from the next continent we're taking a look at- they certainly have more than enough to go around, too. <img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3396/5717344835_c48b086f72.jpg"> <small><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/liamq/5717344835/">antarctic fur seal</a></small> <img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7016/6418783809_d085749f4b.jpg"> <small><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/41284654@N00/6418783809">weddell seal</a></small> <img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5181/5553103699_c9f7b7faec.jpg"> <small><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/12308893@N07/5553103699">leopard seal</a></small> <img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5259/5570362639_c6bc11a736.jpg"> <small><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/12308893@N07/5570362639">crabeater seals</a></small> <img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7203/6914442507_57b7ed35e4.jpg"> <small><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/marybom/6914442507/">southern elephant seal</a></small> <img src="http://farm1.staticflickr.com/107/299591756_906f9126c6.jpg"> <small><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/97882683@N00/299591756">arctic tern</a></small> <img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7042/6804026902_1085f5fda7.jpg"> <small><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/askop/6804026902/">snow petrel</a></small> <img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5294/5477220284_ac03ca66f8.jpg"> <small><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lexsample/5477220284/">blue eyed shag</a></small> <img src="http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4077/4878736076_a439011283.jpg"> <small><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/52884147@N07/4878736076">south polar skua</a></small> <img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5135/5420009512_88e02c5b5d.jpg"> <small><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40086822@N07/5420009512">gentoo penguin</a></small> <img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3370/3185134675_636e042b67.jpg"> <small><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/35034350921@N01/3185134675">adelie penguin</a></small> <img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5210/5361055999_5a3ee05581.jpg"> <small><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/41710899@N08/5361055999">chinstrap penguins</a></small> And as for the spider, well... Can you see it in the picture? <img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2778/4499017811_9b09e2178f.jpg"> <small><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/forgetmenot10/4499017811/"></a></small> It should be no surprise that this spider is called the leaf curling spider. If you're in Australia and you spot a leaf like this in a web, there's a pretty good chance it was the spider's on doing! These little orbweavers tuck themselves up in a leaf (or just any leaf like thing they can grab) so that they can hide themselves safely away from predators. You can also make an estimate at how old the spider is from the type of leaf in the web. Younger spiders tend to curl smaller, softer green leaves, while older spiders use large dead ones that they can hoist up from the ground at night. They're not really dangerous to people at all, and much prefer hiding away as much as they can. <img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3245/2408995799_d5f9b9ca7f.jpg"> <small><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/iamrad/2408995799/"></a></small> <img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7063/6925424183_80f67ac614.jpg"> <small><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/66385874@N02/6925424183/"></a></small>