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November 3, 2011 Web Trees
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When Pakistan experienced severe flooding last year, it had the unexpected and rather creepy-crawly side effect of driving millions upon millions of spiders to the trees, where they could escape the floodwater. Since the flooding lasted for such a long time, many trees became blanketed in thick layers of web. But according to the UK government, which assisted in the flood release effort this may have actually had a positive health effect: On-the-ground reports suggest that there are fewer mosquitos than would have been expected after the influx of so much stagnant water. This, in turn, may have reduced the very real risk of malaria to local populations afflicted with flooding. The web-coated trees, however, remain scary-looking. |
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Thanks classicman!!
Spexxvet Thursday Nov 3 09:16 AM
I love spiders.
HungLikeJesus Thursday Nov 3 10:30 AM
I would have thought that those were caterpillar webs, not spider webs.
Lamplighter Thursday Nov 3 10:44 AM
Ooooo Look, there's a (billion) butterflies
Diaphone Jim Thursday Nov 3 12:52 PM
http://cellar.org/showthread.php?t=24814
glatt Thursday Nov 3 12:54 PM
It's still pretty cool.
classicman Thursday Nov 3 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Diaphone Jim
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tracey Thursday Nov 3 09:09 PM
Classicman, Ooooo, yikes....that's what it feels like when you're out and see a chick with the exacct same dress on!
ZenGum Thursday Nov 3 09:24 PM
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Originally Posted by tracey
Classicman, Ooooo, yikes....that's what it feels like when you're out and see a chick with the exacct same dress on!
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Man we've had some seriously Halloweeny pics. Snakes, spiders, creepy stones...
CaliforniaMama Friday Nov 4 09:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Diaphone Jim
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You all have fabulous memories. Amazing.
Well, I won't feel too egg-on-the-face-ish until I repost one of my own!
CaliforniaMama Friday Nov 4 09:48 AM
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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus
I would have thought that those were caterpillar webs, not spider webs.
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SPUCK Saturday Nov 5 06:09 AM
Can you imagine the spider wars?!
CaliforniaMama Saturday Nov 5 10:35 AM
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Originally Posted by SPUCK
Can you imagine the spider wars?!
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Now that you mention it, it is pretty amazing that there are all these spiders co-existing in these trees. There certainly cannot be enough flies flying around for all of them to eat. I wonder what is sustaining them?
classicman Saturday Nov 5 12:56 PM
Where else are the flies gonna land?
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