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Giant spider web

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RudyGarmisch
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Anyone hear about this? Apparently a bunch of spiders in Texas got together and built a huge web, and scientists are completely baffled by it. Check out the story:

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6972062.stm
Sep 4 2007 2:37PM
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bailer
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fucking creeeeeeeeepy
Sep 4 2007 2:40PM
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KravtZ
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thats so cool
Sep 4 2007 2:41PM
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John.
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I did see that. Fucking crazy, they said it turned brown from the thousands of mosquitos caught in it
Sep 4 2007 2:42PM
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fuzz.
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weird.
Sep 4 2007 2:49PM
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*Fujative*
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a good way from them to eat
Sep 4 2007 3:21PM
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dave44
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wow, that is fucking insane
Sep 4 2007 3:23PM
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caucasian_chad
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thats creepy and cool at the same time
Sep 4 2007 3:25PM
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jimmychung
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i'd be happy if that was about a half mile from my house because all the mosquitoes would be gone
Sep 4 2007 3:42PM
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Shorton
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thats weird..but i spose its a good way of catching food
Sep 4 2007 3:48PM
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dave44
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hahahaha
Sep 4 2007 3:50PM
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ijibgoremtn
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definitly the ADK's are terrible
Sep 4 2007 4:17PM
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statuswhitegirl
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epicness
Sep 4 2007 4:26PM
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colin13
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photoshoped...nah but seriously that is baffling
Sep 4 2007 4:42PM
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Shadows
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spiders are going to take over!
Sep 4 2007 4:50PM
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soulskier
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it looks like something out of a sci fi movie
Sep 4 2007 7:10PM
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[_KyLe_]
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anyone else thinking of the movie "aracniphobia"??
creepin the shit outta me
Sep 4 2007 7:25PM
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SlickRick.
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The web covers a 180m (590ft) stretch of trees and shrubs in the park
Sep 4 2007 7:40PM
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skiierman
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Holy shit that's creepy. How many spiders are in the web I wonder?
Sep 4 2007 7:42PM
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skiierman
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Sep 4 2007 7:44PM
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anxju
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im bamboozled its twice the size of a football field thats fucking nuts
Sep 4 2007 7:46PM
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mike_e
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i hate spiders
Sep 4 2007 7:49PM
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Black-Bandanna
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Whaaaaaaaaaat!? That's so intense.


They're obviously plotting to take over the world and enslave the human population.
Sep 4 2007 8:30PM
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zackblain
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The movie Spider wasn't fiction
Sep 4 2007 8:31PM
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Luc.
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wow THATS not photoshopped...
Sep 4 2007 9:25PM
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R-Bertsch
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it isn't, its a brown recluse bite i think, its legit tho
Sep 4 2007 9:36PM
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Joan
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imagine walking into that thing at night
Sep 4 2007 10:00PM
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freestyler540
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The web must be so strong it can catch you!

Sep 4 2007 10:05PM
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bigwhite.steeze
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thats nutty
Sep 4 2007 10:11PM
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Mod
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Holy shit 590 feet, that's nucking futs
Sep 4 2007 10:13PM
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Rooddss
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ew and cool
Sep 4 2007 10:15PM
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skogenjake
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my dad got bit by a brown recluse believe it or not. he didnt die. his back got fucked from the toxins, but eh hes huge and got over it. sickest fucking bubble of pus ever
Sep 5 2007 12:39AM
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garrett.
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oh the things a few rocks can do...
Sep 5 2007 1:37AM
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NevWild
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Everything is bigger in texas
Sep 5 2007 1:40AM
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TheMoostafian
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it was obviously the giant spider from harry potter
Sep 5 2007 1:43AM
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DANETRON
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itd be funny to throw some one into it a nd see if they stick
Sep 5 2007 10:08AM
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