Comments on: Spiders

Spiders

nemesis — Thu, 28 Nov 2002 13:07:43 -0800

weave huge natural wonder in B.C. It was bound to happen sooner or later.

By: Scoo

Scoo — Thu, 28 Nov 2002 13:13:42 -0800

This is what MST3K would term "Good old fashioned nightmare fuel". Gahhhh.

By: RobbieFal

RobbieFal — Thu, 28 Nov 2002 13:20:01 -0800

has FOX bought the rights to make the movie about this? along the lines of the Killer Bees movie or the Killer Fire Ants movie

By: whatzit

whatzit — Thu, 28 Nov 2002 13:39:08 -0800

Oh man, the movie came true! This is so cool! RobbieFal, on preview, this movie already exists. It's worth watching as a good bad movie.

By: fatbobsmith

fatbobsmith — Thu, 28 Nov 2002 13:40:12 -0800

I'm surprised they didn't get some scientists out there to study how to get more spiders to produce this kind of web. Spider silk is incredibly strong, but the problem is, how do you get the spiders to spin enough to harvest? The behavior in these localized spiders could be encouraged and used to study the properties of mass-produced spider silk. Then again, I've got enough cobwebs in my house. Maybe we should just be glad that this isn't an episode of life imitates Hitchcock.

By: WolfDaddy

WolfDaddy — Thu, 28 Nov 2002 13:47:14 -0800

RACK HANSEN R00LZJ))! I'm wondering, with a sense of nauseated wonder, just what the "enormous quantity of high quality, nutritious prey" might have been.

By: davebush

davebush — Thu, 28 Nov 2002 13:50:45 -0800

Cool. Burning Man for spiders! Is Phish playing next year?

By: simcd

simcd — Thu, 28 Nov 2002 13:52:59 -0800

I, for one, welcome etc etc etc.....

By: Salmonberry

Salmonberry — Thu, 28 Nov 2002 14:54:23 -0800

Wow, that really is something else. Did you see the picture with all the spiders on it? Good thing they aren't poisonous! Even better that the farmer knew well enough to get someone out to take a look.

By: unklspot

unklspot — Thu, 28 Nov 2002 18:43:18 -0800

I photographed a similar event in Iowa last week. Two of our neighbors front yards lightly covered with webs made by very small spiders. What was really unusual was the two eighty year olds and three sixtysomethings that also witnessed the event. None of them had ever seen anything like this before.

By: agentfresh

agentfresh — Thu, 28 Nov 2002 20:30:16 -0800

I think they're building satellite TV recievers. You know, so they can see their friends and families on the nature shows and in the movies...

By: Jonasio

Jonasio — Thu, 28 Nov 2002 22:43:40 -0800

My vote: They're evolving to a higher level of intelligence and are trying to construct the first Spider City.

By: Fabulon7

Fabulon7 — Fri, 29 Nov 2002 06:06:46 -0800

They are constructing one of those missle defense shields we've been hearing so much about.

By: john

john — Fri, 29 Nov 2002 09:31:05 -0800

One of the things that has kept spider silk farms from becoming reality is that the spiders would eat each other. I wonder if this is a result of a certain spider changing behavior or a new breed emerging.

By: rusty

rusty — Fri, 29 Nov 2002 09:34:12 -0800

If this is a new co-operative spider breed, can I be the first to vote for pre-emptive extinction?

By: Salmonberry

Salmonberry — Fri, 29 Nov 2002 09:35:01 -0800

The Vancouver Sun now has an article on it as well.

By: rhyax

rhyax — Fri, 29 Nov 2002 17:22:07 -0800

...oh jesus! some of our genetically enhanced super spiders escaped...

By: alicesshoe

alicesshoe — Fri, 29 Nov 2002 21:48:09 -0800

The funniest is that it looks like the guy [in the pic] already had a hat made out of the very same web he's displaying! Couldn't have photoshopped it better! Glad I didn't run off the road into it on a moonlit night.