Mass spider congregation filmed in Brazil

Posted on Sunday, 10 February, 2013 | Comment icon

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Anyone suffering from arachnophobia may want to steer clear of Santo Antônio da Platina for a while.

In a scene reminiscent of something from a horror movie, enormous quantities of spiders have been filmed dangling en masse from overhead electrical cables and pylons in Brazil. In the video the sizable arachnids appear to be working together to build a large network of webs.

While it isn't clear what species this is or why there are so many in one place, several known types of spiders have been documented to co-operate and to work in colonies.

Arachnophobes would be wise to steer clear of Santo Antônio da Platina in Brazil. According to a video uploaded to YouTube on Feb. 7, spiders appear have taken to dangling from the city's electric lines and other surfaces.

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#30 Posted by ~C.S.M~ on 11 February, 2013, 13:41

Maybe spiderman finally got some children?

#31 Posted by freetoroam on 11 February, 2013, 13:48

not sure why it says "raining" more likely they have come from the ground which some human has dug up to build a new supermarket. These poor little creatures have to live somewhere. Good on them, love spiders. PS: it is unlucky to kill a spider.

#32 Posted by ReddWolfe on 11 February, 2013, 17:53

AAAHHH! i truly hate spiders. this has been my nightmares. im shivering watching the video.

#33 Posted by brainiac on 12 February, 2013, 4:43

Ahh! so Spiderman is living in the vicinity.

#34 Posted by bloodworld on 13 February, 2013, 4:57

lol they are trapped under all those spiders! Looks like they are making giant web dome! So, they gonna need a flamethrower to kill all those spiders at once!

#35 Posted by Spectre1979 on 13 February, 2013, 6:06

Hate spiders, so why am I even in this thread????? lol

#36 Posted by Catz on 13 February, 2013, 14:01

This would freak me out! It's crazy! I hate spiders! I will not be able to stand there and watch. Just watching the video has me all freaked out. Suddenly I feel like things are climbing all over me.

#37 Posted by Simbi Laveau on 13 February, 2013, 17:58

Maybe its a promo for this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSlNiSEWqwQ

#38 Posted by cerberusxp on 5 April, 2013, 23:34

I've seen first hand both scorpions and black widows high in the rocky mountains of Colorado. Just outside of Salida,CO This creeps me out! Just like the time when I was a kid playing in tall grass near Seattle,WA and all of a sudden I noticed thousands of spiders all crawling through the grass in the same direction.

#39 Posted by K_Bonita on 9 April, 2013, 4:17

I would have a heart attack...I can't be around spiders, but nature is beautiful.

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