Joel Shakespeare, the head spider keeper at NSW's Australian Reptile Park, said the spider was a golden orb weaver.

"Normally they prey on large insects, it's unusual to see one eating a bird," he said.

Mr Shakepeare said he had seen golden orb weaver spiders as big as a human hand but the northern species in tropical areas were known to grow larger.

Mr Shakespeare said that the bird, a chestnut-breasted mannikin which appears frozen in an angel-like pose in the pictures, is likely to have flown into the web and got caught.

Posted: 10:50:09 PM  

The moment of truth is about to arrive in Britain with the deployment of the first major government biometric programs:

ID cards (initially for foreign workers) carrying fingerprint records will be launched next month while automated immigration gates have begun recognition checks on passengers carrying the new generation of passports arriving at Manchester Airport.

Posted: 10:39:13 PM  

We can be told the truth about many things
but they do not have any value
until we realize them by ourselves.
There are no shortcuts.
Each step of the way has to be walked.

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Posted: 10:31:24 PM  

Posted: 10:30:42 AM  

A Sydney photographer has won international plaudits for a video series that transforms some of the city's classic beauty spots into a miniature toy town.

By combining a photographic method called "tilt shifting" with traditional time-lapse photography, Keith Loutit's work attracted almost instant recognition after he began posting clips to a video-sharing site four weeks ago.

Bathtub III

Bathtub III from Keith Loutit on Vimeo

Posted: 10:08:50 AM