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Title: What Hell Looks Like: AU Edition
Post by: Valdezi on 06 Mar 2012, 16:36
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2012/03/floods-provoke-a-wagga-wagga-w.html#.T1Z9KToDta8.facebook (http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2012/03/floods-provoke-a-wagga-wagga-w.html#.T1Z9KToDta8.facebook)
Title: Re: What Hell Looks Like: AU Edition
Post by: Matariki Rain on 06 Mar 2012, 18:05
More pictures (http://www.news.com.au/national/spiders-spin-wet-blanket-over-wagga-wagga/story-e6frfkvr-1226291542235).
Title: Re: What Hell Looks Like: AU Edition
Post by: Mizhara on 06 Mar 2012, 19:37
Anything less than repeated and vigorous bombing of the site with napalm would be insufficient.
Title: Re: What Hell Looks Like: AU Edition
Post by: Ulphus on 06 Mar 2012, 19:56
Quote from: Mizhara on 06 Mar 2012, 19:37
Anything less than repeated and vigorous bombing of the site with napalm would be insufficient.
Australian trees require forest fires in order to germinate, so all the things that live there are used to forest fires that (because many of their trees are gum trees) burn hot and fast and occasionally explode.

In other words, I'm not sure fire would kill them...
Title: Re: What Hell Looks Like: AU Edition
Post by: Vikarion on 06 Mar 2012, 20:00
Poor spiders.  :(
Title: Re: What Hell Looks Like: AU Edition
Post by: Valdezi on 06 Mar 2012, 21:02
The pics Mata linked are actually quite beautiful, with the possible exception of the last one.

Speaking as someone who dislikes spiders.
Title: Re: What Hell Looks Like: AU Edition
Post by: lallara zhuul on 06 Mar 2012, 23:53
Since spiders eat bugs and other small critters (like birds and cats) then I wonder what Australia would be like if there were no spiders.

Full of other kinds of creepy crawlies?
Title: Re: What Hell Looks Like: AU Edition
Post by: Gottii on 07 Mar 2012, 01:11
Thats about the most horrible thing Ive seen in awhile...
Title: Re: What Hell Looks Like: AU Edition
Post by: Valdezi on 07 Mar 2012, 02:50
Quote from: lallara zhuul on 06 Mar 2012, 23:53
Since spiders eat bugs and other small critters (like birds and cats) then I wonder what Australia would be like if there were no spiders.

Full of other kinds of creepy crawlies?

Yeah, there are a lot of flies in Australia, especially away from the cities, so I can only imagine how bad it would be without the spiders.
Title: Re: What Hell Looks Like: AU Edition
Post by: Lyn Farel on 07 Mar 2012, 15:50
Gregarious spiders, thats cute :3