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06 April 2011

The spider trees of Sindh: "An unexpected side-effect of the flooding in parts of Pakistan has been that millions of spiders climbed up into the trees to escape the flood waters."

post by: BoringPostcards at: 11:09 | 15 comments

I don't know why this seemed oddly Lovecraftian to me.
"The Spider Trees of Sindh!"

posted by dorgla 06 April | 11:16

AAAaaaaAAAAaaaaAAAAAAA

posted by Miko 06 April | 11:17

I was afraid to click, expecting to see the aforementioned millions of spiders. But no spiders. Just really beautiful trees.

Kind of freaked out by the girl walking under the tree. Imagining spiders dropping onto her....gah.

posted by iconomy 06 April | 11:26

I'm with Miko. I realize they are generally harmless, and some are reputedly smart and affectionate (tarantulas) but I hate spiders completely. I've only evolved as a human being to the point of backing away and NOT begging my husband to kill them . . . I'm pretty sure that's as good as I can get.

posted by bearwife 06 April | 11:53

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

posted by theora55 06 April | 12:01

Yay, spiders! (For killing the bugs that do us actual harm.)

That said, I totally get why some people are freaked out by them. They would seem to push a number of our buttons, evolutionarily speaking.

posted by FishBike 06 April | 12:23

I am now imagining what's going on within those trees. It's a battle for space and real estate, spider versus spider. The youngsters duking it out with the veterans for the best locations for their webs. Punks racing across silken lines to pick off another spider's prey before they can get to it.

Wouldn't that make for an awesome new animated feature from Dreamworks?

Anyone?

Bueller?

posted by TrishaLynn 06 April | 14:30

Kinda cool sitting here thousands of miles away on a computer.

I don't hate spiders, they do good stuff, but most crawlies freak me out.

iconomy, thanks for the "no actual spiders" info.

posted by deborah 06 April | 16:04

Thanks BoringPostcards - this was fascinating. Would have loved some macros though!

posted by gomichild 06 April | 17:00

I like spiders, but not that many in one place. I'm glad they're eating the mosquitoes, though.

posted by Specklet 06 April | 18:57

I don't really dislike spiders, but I would be way skeeved out by a treeful of them.

I mean, I bet you can hear them.

posted by Miko 06 April | 21:24

Oh. Miko. Why. No. I. Awful.

I'm not generally afraid of spiders, but THAT. That made my ears itch.

Also, it's pretty funny in a horrible way. I hope you are crouched at your computer cackling. I am.

posted by Elsa 06 April | 21:33

The thing is - if they are all in the trees they are nowhere near me.

posted by gomichild 06 April | 23:06

What bearwife said. And Miko just gave me nightmare material.

posted by chewatadistance 07 April | 07:42

why, o why did I come back into this thread? Hearing spiders would make more than my ears itch. The trees look cool, and I appreciate that spiders eat bugs, but I do not want to hear spiders or insects. Nope. nope. no, please, really, just NO.

posted by theora55 07 April | 10:24

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