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Spider Web Covers Field

Posted by michael on from the arachnophobia dept.

doconnor writes "A huge spider web covering a clover field was found by biology professor Brian Thair. It was made by millions of spiders and was thick enough to hold coins. It wasn't sticky for catching insects. It's not known why the spiders did it. CBC News has an article and an interview in RealAudio."

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  1. Clusterweb? by dacarr · · Score: 2, Troll

    Perhaps they were trying to put together a beowulf cluster.

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  2. Hoax! by Cyno01 · · Score: 1, Troll

    Oh c'mon, this is probably just some promo stunt for the Spider-man Sequel alternate joke They probably got annoyed with those ads for MSN 8 and decided to spin a web to catch those idiots in the butterfly suits.

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