This Is The Largest Spider Fossil And It's Terrifying

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Meet Mongolarachne jurassica. This extinct species is the largest fossilized spider ever found.

There are only two known specimens. Both are about 160 million years old and lived during the time of the dinosaurs. They were buried by volcanic ash.

They were pretty big.

For scale, here's a rough estimate of what it would have looked like if it were to crawl on Justin Bieber's forehead.

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