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marfknox
SFN Die Hard
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 Posted - 10/31/2011 : 11:57:12
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| Millions of spiders have cocooned entire trees across Pakistan in a thick coating of web. |
Apparently a reaction to monsoon floods. Check it out.
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Hal
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
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Posted - 11/01/2011 : 06:53:34 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by marfknox
| Millions of spiders have cocooned entire trees across Pakistan in a thick coating of web. |
Apparently a reaction to monsoon floods. Check it out.
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Awesome journalism...
From the article"They believe the mass of webs have reduced the mosquito population, which carries the deadly malaria virus." Emphasis mine. |
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Hal
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USA
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Posted - 11/01/2011 : 07:02:03 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dr. Mabuse
Originally posted by marfknox
| Millions of spiders have cocooned entire trees across Pakistan in a thick coating of web. |
Apparently a reaction to monsoon floods. Check it out.
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Awesome journalism...
From the article"They believe the mass of webs have reduced the mosquito population, which carries the deadly malaria virus." Emphasis mine.
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So? When's the last time you saw a malaria virus? Obviously, the spiders ate them all.
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BigPapaSmurf
SFN Die Hard
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Posted - 11/01/2011 : 11:08:06 [Permalink]
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| Regarding the BC story, Im wondering if it might be possible to recreate this in a controlled setting, sheets of that plastic like web material could have quite a few interesting uses I imagine. |
"...things I have neither seen nor experienced nor heard tell of from anybody else; things, what is more, that do not in fact exist and could not ever exist at all. So my readers must not believe a word I say." -Lucian on his book True History
"...They accept such things on faith alone, without any evidence. So if a fraudulent and cunning person who knows how to take advantage of a situation comes among them, he can make himself rich in a short time." -Lucian critical of early Christians c.166 AD From his book, De Morte Peregrini |
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Whoa - spiders take over trees in Pakistan!
