But the lead spider is so confused by the zero-gravity conditions that it has filled its tank with a tangle of silk to try to stop itself floating around and cure its space sickness, obscuring the search for the runaway.
The pair were prepared for their space adventure by scientists at the University of Colorado who hope to help answer schoolchildrens’ questions about how spiders spin webs in space. The answer would appear to be, ‘with difficulty’.
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Space-Bat is coming at us from all sides!
Are you getting the same insane storm I had last night? I'm in Baton Rouge, and it sounded like a full hail storm last night!
I'm in BR, too. Fuck that shit was crazy. My ceiling is leaking... :-\
Oh and the chimney on my apartment building was blown off and landed on a car. And the car next to it had a broken rear window.
Oh, does anyone remember the space spider from a few months back? Is there a secret plan to launch creatures into space?
But that was before we had the technology to ... no, I shouldn't say any more.
edit: Oh, here's the spider story. They apparently lost it on the space station.
they're just being efficient
I woulda gone to germany if I wanted efficiency
Haha that spider is flipping the fuck out
He didn't sell out, he was exploited by the corporate assholes
Man, is my face red.
you know, we've all come to except the internet's ability to create terrible things
but it consistently suprises me with its ability to create wonderful things
The horrible truth of Space-Bat's exodus is revealed. He was escaping a deadly plague
Let's go wear our infected plague bat costumes and make out now.
are we gonna do this hanging upside down or what
I think we just screech at each other now
in my mind i was hearing
*ping*
penispenispenispenis
*ping*
penispenispenispenis
I don't even know what that means.
edit: oh hi, top of page.
Fly on to
the skyieyaie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OsPsCmJuqE
( [edit] Has this been done already? )