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Dark Raven XDark Raven X Laugh hard, run fast,be kindRegistered User regular
edited April 2011 in Social Entropy++
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8234251

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Millions of spiders have cocooned entire trees across Pakistan in a thick coating of web.

Millions of spiders have cocooned entire trees across Pakistan

Millions of spiders have cocooned entire trees

Millions of spiders have

Millions of spiders

ಠ_ಠ

Oh brilliant
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  • That Dave FellaThat Dave Fella Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Burn it.

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  • SquallSquall hap cloud Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    gotta shrink wrap them trees to preserve them thru winter

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  • tynictynic PICNIC BADASS Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2011
    Those are some really gorgeous photos.

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  • Mr FuzzbuttMr Fuzzbutt Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    There is a giant daddy longlegs in my bathroom that eats like a million insects a day.

    I call him Fatty Longlegs.

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  • BeastehBeasteh THAT WOULD NOT KILL DRACULARegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    aaaaaaaaah

    aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

    aah

    aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

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  • SquallSquall hap cloud Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    daddy longlegs aka tickle bugs

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  • EdcrabEdcrab Actually a hack Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    My mum has a pet tarantula, arachnophobia isn't a problem for me

    That said, I can see why people would be creeped out by so many of them

    I mean, I think bunnies are cute. But if a million of them rampaged across the countryside, climbing up trees and spinning their webs, you're damn right I'd think it was creepy

    ...wait

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  • Mr FuzzbuttMr Fuzzbutt Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    In the Sindh province, the local people are happy the spiders have stuck around.

    They believe the mass of webs have reduced the mosquito population, which carries the deadly malaria virus.

    Spiders are ace.

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  • MonkeyfeetMonkeyfeet Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    and they are coming to live in your mouth!

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  • Mr FuzzbuttMr Fuzzbutt Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Monkeyfeet wrote: »
    and they are coming to live in your mouth!

    Nooo!

    I could never eat my eight-legged friends! :(

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  • Crimson KingCrimson King Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    arch needs to know about this stat

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  • Mr FuzzbuttMr Fuzzbutt Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    That or you're confusing me with FAQ again.

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  • MonkeyfeetMonkeyfeet Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    I went to a spider farm where they like mount the spiderwebs on plaques and frame them somehow.

    It was really cool and now I have a sweet spiderweb hanging on my wall.

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  • Mojo_JojoMojo_Jojo We are only now beginning to understand the full power and ramifications of sexual intercourse Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    The locals seem quite happy with the situation as they're eating all the much more annoying bugs. I think I could live with a few scary spider trees in exchange for fewer of some things.

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  • L|amaL|ama Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Mojo_Jojo wrote: »
    The locals seem quite happy with the situation as they're eating all the much more annoying bugs. I think I could live with a few scary spider trees in exchange for fewer of some things.

    this is generally my opinion of spiders, but then I start thinking of predator-prey systems and how there will only be a lot of spiders around if there continue to be a large number of insects and realise that it probably just puts a slightly lower upper limit on things

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  • RMS OceanicRMS Oceanic Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    It's the Web of Fear! The Yetis are attacking! Somebody contact the Brigadeer at UNIT, maybe we can hold out until the Doctor gets here.

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  • SheriSheri Resident Fluffer My Living RoomRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    HOLY FUCK WHAT

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  • Mojo_JojoMojo_Jojo We are only now beginning to understand the full power and ramifications of sexual intercourse Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    L|ama wrote: »
    Mojo_Jojo wrote: »
    The locals seem quite happy with the situation as they're eating all the much more annoying bugs. I think I could live with a few scary spider trees in exchange for fewer of some things.

    this is generally my opinion of spiders, but then I start thinking of predator-prey systems and how there will only be a lot of spiders around if there continue to be a large number of insects and realise that it probably just puts a slightly lower upper limit on things

    So, we have to feed the spiders to maintain their numbers and train them to kill, not for food, but just because? Got you. I'll get some PhD students on it this afternoon.

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  • godmodegodmode Southeast JapanRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Mojo_Jojo wrote: »
    L|ama wrote: »
    Mojo_Jojo wrote: »
    The locals seem quite happy with the situation as they're eating all the much more annoying bugs. I think I could live with a few scary spider trees in exchange for fewer of some things.

    this is generally my opinion of spiders, but then I start thinking of predator-prey systems and how there will only be a lot of spiders around if there continue to be a large number of insects and realise that it probably just puts a slightly lower upper limit on things

    So, we have to feed the spiders to maintain their numbers and train them to kill, not for food, but just because? Got you. I'll get some PhD students on it this afternoon.

    We also need to harvest their webbing to make ridiculously strong body armor.

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  • HunterHunter Chemist with a heart of Au Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    I read a story on this the other day that talked about how this has greatly reduced the mosquito population, so that no matter how creepy it may look everyone views it as beneficial.

    Also that in the beginning the webs were all white and beautiful before all the mosquito carcasses got in there to die in the Saw: Mosquito Death Trees.

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  • godmodegodmode Southeast JapanRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Man, mosquitos sure are dumb.

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  • FletcherFletcher Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    somewhere out there, a gatsby is gouging out his eyes

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  • AntimatterAntimatter Devo Was Right Gates of SteelRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    excuse me for a moment I'm going to go sob in my pillow now

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  • Lost SalientLost Salient blink twice if you'd like me to mercy kill youRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    tynic wrote: »
    Those are some really gorgeous photos.

    Seriously.

    I mean, horrifying as heck.

    But really beautiful pictures.

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  • SolarSolar Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    anti hold me

    hold me

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  • AntimatterAntimatter Devo Was Right Gates of SteelRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    too busy curled up in a fetal position

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  • SolarSolar Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    *sob*

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  • Lost SalientLost Salient blink twice if you'd like me to mercy kill youRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Haven't you guys ever seen bagworm and webworm? Just don't go near those fuckin' trees is all.

    Anecdotal comment: does anyone else feel that willow trees have an inordinate number of spiders inhabiting them? I swear I constantly have spider-drop incidents under willow trees.

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  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    THIS IS THE COOLEST THING IN THE WORLD

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  • DepressperadoDepressperado I just wanted to see you laughing in the pizza rainRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    there's a tree next to my house that gets uh, bagworm, I guess? smelly sticky caterpillars that all just crowd into a bag of web, basically.

    When I was a young blood, we'd play a game that was called "Hit that bag with a stick as hard as you can."

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  • TefTef Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Burn it with fire! Gah that's horrible! No, spiders have their place but goddamn if they don't give me the willies

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  • lostwordslostwords Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    That's really pretty and I want to go to there

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  • Garlic BreadGarlic Bread i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a Registered User, Disagreeable regular
    edited April 2011
    leave a message and I'll call you back

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  • Garlic BreadGarlic Bread i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a Registered User, Disagreeable regular
    edited April 2011
    Monkeyfeet wrote: »
    I went to a spider farm where they like mount the spiderwebs on plaques and frame them somehow.

    It was really cool and now I have a sweet spiderweb hanging on my wall.

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  • LadyMLadyM Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Spiders are awesome. When I was a little girl, I used to throw bugs into the web of the huge orb spider who had a web on our porch.

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  • FencingsaxFencingsax It is difficult to get a man to understand, when his salary depends upon his not understanding GNU Terry PratchettRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    I guess if the mosquitoes are being eaten, it's for the greater good.

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  • SquallSquall hap cloud Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    as a lad i remember witnessing a black wasp fly into a web, fight and eventually devour the spider, then fly away like it aint no thing

    black wasps cemented their place as most terrifying bug in my childhood

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  • TrippyJingTrippyJing Moses supposes his toeses are roses. But Moses supposes erroneously.Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Mojo_Jojo wrote: »
    L|ama wrote: »
    Mojo_Jojo wrote: »
    The locals seem quite happy with the situation as they're eating all the much more annoying bugs. I think I could live with a few scary spider trees in exchange for fewer of some things.

    this is generally my opinion of spiders, but then I start thinking of predator-prey systems and how there will only be a lot of spiders around if there continue to be a large number of insects and realise that it probably just puts a slightly lower upper limit on things

    So, we have to feed the spiders to maintain their numbers and train them to kill, not for food, but just because? Got you. I'll get some PhD students on it this afternoon.

    Wasn't this the plot of the original Piranha?

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  • EdcrabEdcrab Actually a hack Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Squall wrote: »
    as a lad i remember witnessing a black wasp fly into a web, fight and eventually devour the spider, then fly away like it aint no thing

    black wasps cemented their place as most terrifying bug in my childhood

    I remember seeing a queen bumblebee fly into a spider's web

    The spider exploded into action and cut it out and then went back to hiding on the edge of the web

    It was all "hell yeah I eat tonight oh shit she's royalty, better let her out before the Bee Nation kicks my ass"

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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2011
    About 2 minutes ago, I was about to put a little flash drive into a USB port in my computer here at work and JESUS FUCK THERE'S A SPIDER THERE AND IT'S ALIVE.

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