February 21, 2013 - Raining Spiders

Coign · 02-21-2013, 10:09 AM

I got this one posted to my Facebook page this morning. It is really the video that sells it but since this is Image of the day, here is a still to start you off with.

Still is from http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/scie...ers-in-brazil/

And the YouTube that made this go viral is here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPujnYOX9dc

glatt · 02-21-2013, 10:22 AM

That's really remarkable.

The video is frustrating though. They guy never zoomed out to show the whole extent, or even walked around. Once you zoom in once or twice, you establish that all those little specks are spiders, so then you should zoom all the way out and pan the camera from one end to the other so we can see the size of the spider invasion. Just how big is it?

infinite monkey · 02-21-2013, 10:23 AM

omg one of my nightmares! Why oh why did I look? Did the word 'spiders' along with 'RAINING' not clue me in?

Pete Zicato · 02-21-2013, 11:28 AM

Mrs. Z is freaked out by snakes. My thing is bugs. Raining spiders would be a very bad day for me.

Trilby · 02-21-2013, 12:56 PM

Sigh.

Why does it never rain men?

Happy Monkey · 02-21-2013, 01:08 PM

We're too fat. If it ever did precipitate men, it wouldn't be rain, it would be oobleck.

jimhelm · 02-21-2013, 01:08 PM

Or beer!?

infinite monkey · 02-21-2013, 01:15 PM

I'd rather get pummelled by fat men than softly landed on by creepy crawly leggy jumpy web-spinning nasty things.

Or beer.

DanaC · 02-21-2013, 02:18 PM

Ewww. Ewww.

I don't generally mind spiders, but falling spiders freak me the fuck out. If i see a spider in my house I generally let it be. If it's on the ceiling in my bedroom it has to go.

Sundae · 02-21-2013, 02:21 PM

That's not what I call raining.
But good call, Coign.

jimhelm · 02-21-2013, 03:45 PM

yeah, it's not really raining... since they're not actually falling.

infinite monkey · 02-21-2013, 03:50 PM

What are they doing? Floating around? I am NOT watching the video.

Happy Monkey · 02-21-2013, 03:55 PM

Web surfing.

infinite monkey · 02-21-2013, 05:36 PM

Clever.

They could be running around for all i care they're in the air! *shudders*

CaliforniaMama · 02-21-2013, 07:32 PM

Logic, meet Reason:

My almost 10 year old daughter is in a nasty mood and refuses to do homework without her two 13 year old brothers who torment her to no end. She refuses to take a shower because she already took one this week (her routine is to take one every other day). She refuses to do any chores because "I (meaning me) can't do that!" It's Dad's job to oversee.

Trying to inject some fun, I told her that it was raining spiders. The minute I showed her the video she started screaming at me that they were NOT raining, they were just crawling around. Okay, but on what? I asked. On the webs they made from the utility wires.

She can be very perceptive about the spiders with just a glance (I had to watch for a minute to see what was happening), but she can't go along with a routine that is exactly the same every school day! Oh, and, by the way, she hasn't done it hundreds of times because her teacher this year didn't celebrate 100th day.

So I guess it isn't 100 days if the day isn't celebrated, but it is extremely obvious, at just a glance, that the spiders are walking around on webs they've made from the utility wires and are not "falling" or "raining" from the sky.

02-21-2013, 10:09 AM	#1
Coign Wanted Driver Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Vail, CO Posts: 279	February 21, 2013 - Raining Spiders I got this one posted to my Facebook page this morning. It is really the video that sells it but since this is Image of the day, here is a still to start you off with. Still is from http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/scie...ers-in-brazil/ And the YouTube that made this go viral is here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPujnYOX9dc __________________ Quoting yourself is the height of hubris. -Coign

02-21-2013, 11:28 AM	#4
Pete Zicato Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 2,916	Mrs. Z is freaked out by snakes. My thing is bugs. Raining spiders would be a very bad day for me. __________________ Talk nerdy to me.

02-21-2013, 12:56 PM	#5
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Sigh. Why does it never rain men? __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

02-21-2013, 01:08 PM	#6
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	We're too fat. If it ever did precipitate men, it wouldn't be rain, it would be oobleck. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

02-21-2013, 01:08 PM	#7
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	Or beer!? __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

02-21-2013, 10:22 AM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	That's really remarkable. The video is frustrating though. They guy never zoomed out to show the whole extent, or even walked around. Once you zoom in once or twice, you establish that all those little specks are spiders, so then you should zoom all the way out and pan the camera from one end to the other so we can see the size of the spider invasion. Just how big is it?

02-21-2013, 10:23 AM	#3
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	omg one of my nightmares! Why oh why did I look? Did the word 'spiders' along with 'RAINING' not clue me in?

02-21-2013, 01:15 PM	#8
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	I'd rather get pummelled by fat men than softly landed on by creepy crawly leggy jumpy web-spinning nasty things. Or beer.

02-21-2013, 02:21 PM	#10
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	That's not what I call raining. But good call, Coign. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

02-21-2013, 03:45 PM	#11
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	yeah, it's not really raining... since they're not actually falling. __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

02-21-2013, 03:50 PM	#12
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	What are they doing? Floating around? I am NOT watching the video.

02-21-2013, 03:55 PM	#13
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Web surfing. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

02-21-2013, 05:36 PM	#14
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Clever. They could be running around for all i care they're in the air! shudders

02-21-2013, 07:32 PM	#15
CaliforniaMama I wonder . . . Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The Left Coast, a pretty good place to be. Posts: 1,278	Logic, meet Reason: My almost 10 year old daughter is in a nasty mood and refuses to do homework without her two 13 year old brothers who torment her to no end. She refuses to take a shower because she already took one this week (her routine is to take one every other day). She refuses to do any chores because "I (meaning me) can't do that!" It's Dad's job to oversee. Trying to inject some fun, I told her that it was raining spiders. The minute I showed her the video she started screaming at me that they were NOT raining, they were just crawling around. Okay, but on what? I asked. On the webs they made from the utility wires. She can be very perceptive about the spiders with just a glance (I had to watch for a minute to see what was happening), but she can't go along with a routine that is exactly the same every school day! Oh, and, by the way, she hasn't done it hundreds of times because her teacher this year didn't celebrate 100th day. So I guess it isn't 100 days if the day isn't celebrated, but it is extremely obvious, at just a glance, that the spiders are walking around on webs they've made from the utility wires and are not "falling" or "raining" from the sky. __________________ Take time for silence. You never know what you might hear.

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