Comments on: Giant web woven by a variety of spider families http://boingboing.net/2007/09/13/giant-web-woven-by-a.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 15:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Teresa Nielsen Hayden/Moderator http://boingboing.net/2007/09/13/giant-web-woven-by-a.html#comment-15877 Teresa Nielsen Hayden/Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-15877 Way cool. Completely creeped out. But way cool. Way cool. Completely creeped out. But way cool.

]]> By: Alastair McDermott http://boingboing.net/2007/09/13/giant-web-woven-by-a.html#comment-14371 Alastair McDermott Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-14371 Now we need a photographer to go up there at night and get some cool shots! Now we need a photographer to go up there at night and get some cool shots!

]]> By: stevelew http://boingboing.net/2007/09/13/giant-web-woven-by-a.html#comment-14390 stevelew Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-14390 It's not as bad as it looks- of the seven families named in the linked Seattle Times article, only three build webs, 3 are cursorial hunters, and one (the pirate spiders) are obligate spider predators who hunt web-building spiders on their own webs. In late summer/early fall one could easily collect 12 families of spiders from a clump of trees like that, ginormo spider condo or no. I haven't heard anything about ecologists observing the spiders' behavior yet. When someone observes an orb-weaver and a funnel-weaver and a sac spider sharing prey- <i><b>that's</b></i> when humanity is doomed. It’s not as bad as it looks- of the seven families named in the linked Seattle Times article, only three build webs, 3 are cursorial hunters, and one (the pirate spiders) are obligate spider predators who hunt web-building spiders on their own webs.

In late summer/early fall one could easily collect 12 families of spiders from a clump of trees like that, ginormo spider condo or no.

I haven’t heard anything about ecologists observing the spiders’ behavior yet. When someone observes an orb-weaver and a funnel-weaver and a sac spider sharing prey- that’s when humanity is doomed.

]]> By: aixwiz http://boingboing.net/2007/09/13/giant-web-woven-by-a.html#comment-14137 aixwiz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-14137 <blockquote>...others working on the Web.</blockquote> Would that be the World Wide Web? Seriously, that is one web I wouldn't want to be caught in!

…others working on the Web.

Would that be the World Wide Web?

Seriously, that is one web I wouldn’t want to be caught in!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2007/09/13/giant-web-woven-by-a.html#comment-14151 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-14151 That is making me think of the scariest part of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and how much I hate spiders. I actually gasped at the picture and backed away from my computer. Ick. That is making me think of the scariest part of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and how much I hate spiders. I actually gasped at the picture and backed away from my computer. Ick.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2007/09/13/giant-web-woven-by-a.html#comment-14163 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-14163 Are they telling us that we should put our differences behind us and unite? or "So long and thanks for all the flies..." Are they telling us that we should put our differences behind us and unite?

or

“So long and thanks for all the flies…”

]]> By: Nora Rocket http://boingboing.net/2007/09/13/giant-web-woven-by-a.html#comment-14167 Nora Rocket Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-14167 What we fear most has come to pass: The Spiders are working together. How long before they develop new technologies? How long can we be expected to hold out against United Spiders with Laser Eyes?!?! What we fear most has come to pass: The Spiders are working together. How long before they develop new technologies? How long can we be expected to hold out against United Spiders with Laser Eyes?!?!

]]> By: slawkenbergius http://boingboing.net/2007/09/13/giant-web-woven-by-a.html#comment-14173 slawkenbergius Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-14173 Creepy. Reminds me of that bit in <b>The Hobbit</b> Should link to a bigger photo: http://texasento.net/Social_Spider.htm#Photo Creepy. Reminds me of that bit in The Hobbit

Should link to a bigger photo:
http://texasento.net/Social_Spider.htm#Photo

]]> By: Jennifer Emick http://boingboing.net/2007/09/13/giant-web-woven-by-a.html#comment-14430 Jennifer Emick Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-14430 Cool...an arachnid art collective. :-) Cool…an arachnid art collective. :-)

]]> By: EKSwitaj http://boingboing.net/2007/09/13/giant-web-woven-by-a.html#comment-14222 EKSwitaj Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-14222 Looks like they're getting ready to take over the world. I hear that, in preparation for this day, they've been keeping track of who kills them and who doesn't. Looks like they’re getting ready to take over the world. I hear that, in preparation for this day, they’ve been keeping track of who kills them and who doesn’t.

]]> By: bloggo http://boingboing.net/2007/09/13/giant-web-woven-by-a.html#comment-14505 bloggo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-14505 Spiders of the world, UNITE!! Spiders of the world, UNITE!!

]]> By: Stacyj http://boingboing.net/2007/09/13/giant-web-woven-by-a.html#comment-14290 Stacyj Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-14290 Man, I would -love- to see that (and wow, I had no idea that there were such things as pirate spidarrrrrs! The universe gets more delightful by the day!) Man, I would -love- to see that (and wow, I had no idea that there were such things as pirate spidarrrrrs! The universe gets more delightful by the day!)

]]> By: Heikki http://boingboing.net/2007/09/13/giant-web-woven-by-a.html#comment-14302 Heikki Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-14302 Even more horrific webs, this time by caterpillars, were here in Sweden (scroll down for the most "awesome" pictures http://oldnewsbaby.com/site/click/5d30e551d5291250193a5c229d42a333 Even more horrific webs, this time by caterpillars, were here in Sweden (scroll down for the most “awesome” pictures
http://oldnewsbaby.com/site/click/5d30e551d5291250193a5c229d42a333

]]> By: klg19 http://boingboing.net/2007/09/13/giant-web-woven-by-a.html#comment-14332 klg19 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-14332 Working together? Great! I, for one, greet our new Arachnid Overlords. Sigh. Working together? Great! I, for one, greet our new Arachnid Overlords.

Sigh.

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