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Old 02-21-2013, 10:09 AM   #1
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February 21, 2013 - Raining Spiders

I got this one posted to my Facebook page this morning. It is really the video that sells it but since this is Image of the day, here is a still to start you off with.



Still is from http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/scie...ers-in-brazil/

And the YouTube that made this go viral is here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPujnYOX9dc
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Old 02-21-2013, 10:22 AM   #2
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That's really remarkable.

The video is frustrating though. They guy never zoomed out to show the whole extent, or even walked around. Once you zoom in once or twice, you establish that all those little specks are spiders, so then you should zoom all the way out and pan the camera from one end to the other so we can see the size of the spider invasion. Just how big is it?
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Old 02-21-2013, 10:23 AM   #3
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omg one of my nightmares! Why oh why did I look? Did the word 'spiders' along with 'RAINING' not clue me in?
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Old 02-21-2013, 11:28 AM   #4
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Mrs. Z is freaked out by snakes. My thing is bugs. Raining spiders would be a very bad day for me.
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Old 02-21-2013, 12:56 PM   #5
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Sigh.

Why does it never rain men?
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Old 02-21-2013, 01:08 PM   #6
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We're too fat. If it ever did precipitate men, it wouldn't be rain, it would be oobleck.
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Old 02-22-2013, 11:40 PM   #7
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We're too fat. If it ever did precipitate men, it wouldn't be rain, it would be oobleck.
+1 for inclusion of an Oobleck reference.

-1 for causing me to make the (admittedly obvious) mental association between "men" and "sticky green goop."


...it's a wash!
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Old 02-21-2013, 01:08 PM   #8
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Or beer!?
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Old 02-21-2013, 01:15 PM   #9
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I'd rather get pummelled by fat men than softly landed on by creepy crawly leggy jumpy web-spinning nasty things.

Or beer.
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Old 02-21-2013, 02:18 PM   #10
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Ewww. Ewww.

I don't generally mind spiders, but falling spiders freak me the fuck out. If i see a spider in my house I generally let it be. If it's on the ceiling in my bedroom it has to go.
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Old 02-21-2013, 02:21 PM   #11
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That's not what I call raining.
But good call, Coign.
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Old 02-21-2013, 03:45 PM   #12
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yeah, it's not really raining... since they're not actually falling.
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Old 02-22-2013, 11:07 AM   #13
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That's not what I call raining.
But good call, Coign.
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yeah, it's not really raining... since they're not actually falling.
Rain? That would be me pissing myself.

I'll be the one running around in circles, beating the shit out of himself, pissing everywhere, screaming "EEE EEE EEE!!!!!!" like a little girl.
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Old 02-21-2013, 03:50 PM   #14
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What are they doing? Floating around? I am NOT watching the video.
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Old 02-21-2013, 03:55 PM   #15
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