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Mass spider congregation filmed in Brazil

By T.K. Randall
February 10, 2013 · Comment icon 39 comments

Image Credit: Youtube
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.



Source: Huffington Post | Comments (39)




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Comment icon #30 Posted by ~C.S.M~ 11 years ago
Maybe spiderman finally got some children?
Comment icon #31 Posted by freetoroam 11 years ago
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.
Comment icon #32 Posted by ReddWolfe 11 years ago
AAAHHH! i truly hate spiders. this has been my nightmares. im shivering watching the video.
Comment icon #33 Posted by brainiac 11 years ago
Ahh! so Spiderman is living in the vicinity.
Comment icon #34 Posted by bloodworld 11 years ago
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!
Comment icon #35 Posted by Spectre1979 11 years ago
Hate spiders, so why am I even in this thread????? lol
Comment icon #36 Posted by Catz 11 years ago
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.
Comment icon #37 Posted by Simbi Laveau 11 years ago
Maybe its a promo for this
Comment icon #38 Posted by cerberusxp 11 years ago
The right environment for spiders to thrive endlessly without the natural limits spiders encounter in other places of the world. Deserts are thriving with relatively more horrid species of spiders, most notably the Black Widow...and other arachnids such as scorpions and vinegaroons survived 100s of millions of years in warmer climates. I wouldn't want to live close to a huge nested colony of spiders, that's for sure. 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 pla... [More]
Comment icon #39 Posted by K_Bonita 11 years ago
I would have a heart attack...I can't be around spiders, but nature is beautiful.


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