Yup. In Australia, it actually rained spiders last month.

As if Australia wasn't bad enough for arachnophobes, now the little bastards have figured out a way to make fucking jetpacks out of silk! Apparently, they can travel for miles on them too, so even if you live near the country this shit could happen to you.

They can also get up to about 3km up in the air too. Think about that for a second. That's high enough to get into the jetstream. Meaning the freezing cold air up there is the only thing stopping them from raining down on LITERALLY ANYWHERE they damn well choose. And let's face it, if they can make themselves fly with silk, keeping themselves warm with it is only a matter of time.

I, for one, welcome our near-future overlords. All hail the flying spider rain!

that's disgusting yet cool

Interesting bit of either evolution or accident. Which I guess is the same thing.

Fuck that, I'd rather put a drill to the side of my head rather than to face that.

At 5/18/15 07:26 PM, UkeFox wrote: If there were no bugs, spiders would eat us. That's a proven fact I heard it from Game Grumps

you got it man arin is fact overlord it's for sure true, at age 6 he was born without a face, proof he can't be wrong

@Foangel you can come stay with me.
We ain't dealing with raining spiders girl.

Anyone else have the feeling multiple baby spiders are crawling all over you right now?

At 5/18/15 07:54 PM, SevenSeize wrote: @Foangel you can come stay with me.
We ain't dealing with raining spiders girl.

Of course I'll make us an anti spider circle to keep us safe

spiders are chill guys

The saturnians undergo a similar dilemma in that every million years, the atmosphere is permeated with Uranus' dugongas which resemble spiders, except they spew toxins for self-defense and have been known to randomly combust

At 5/18/15 08:04 PM, Fro wrote: Anyone else have the feeling multiple baby spiders are crawling all over you right now?

No, because most of us aren't meth addicts.

At 5/18/15 09:48 PM, ZeroDown wrote: You guys are making me feel left out.
Can I come with you?
I'll bring cheese puffs.

Yes we can sing campfire songs

I AM CORNHOLIO! I NEED FP FOR MY BUNGHOLE OR I WILL CAST DOWN SPIDERS FOR A DOZEN MOONS

You only have to worry if the large spiders start doing that....

shit. will umbrellas make a good protection?

'smh.com.au'

Haha

At 5/18/15 10:54 PM, ZeroDown wrote:

At 5/18/15 10:29 PM, dem0lecule wrote: It is called ballooning. Spider migration. They create a parachute-like web and get lifted into the air when strong winds blow by.

Nerd!

He literally took that info from the article.

At 5/19/15 01:04 AM, Shauna wrote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5aZJBLAu1E

sing it girlfriend!

You like your men with eight hairy legs huh?

It's called ballooning or parachuting. They've done it for millions of years.

I have a pet tarantula myself. it's not free to roam anywhere though. But, one time, it got out of it's cage because my little bro messed with it, it did not really do harm, just don't freak it out. When you see a spider, just pick it up, VERY GENTLY.
A glove is needed if you're a pussy!

It's so pretty!, like a farm full of fairy floss, only more likely to kill you

I'm going to need a bigger bowl...

As I recall, this happens with frogs because the tadpoles are carried up with evaporating water, and the weight of them after they develop into frogs causes them to fall back down. I wonder if spiders are evaporating, or just the eggs.

At 5/18/15 08:15 PM, FoAngel wrote:

At 5/18/15 07:54 PM, SevenSeize wrote: @Foangel you can come stay with me.
We ain't dealing with raining spiders girl.

Of course I'll make us an anti spider circle to keep us safe

Heyy! Spiders just want to be your friends. (Okay really they just kill all the other stuff you don't really want around anyway, but in the end isn't that what friendship is all about?)

At 5/18/15 09:47 PM, Bovineoverlord wrote:

At 5/18/15 08:04 PM, Fro wrote: Anyone else have the feeling multiple baby spiders are crawling all over you right now?

No, because most of us aren't meth addicts.

Keyword most

At 5/19/15 01:17 AM, Lagerkapo wrote: It's called ballooning or parachuting. They've done it for millions of years.

No, it's called flying. "Ballooning" just makes it sound like harmless fun which IT IS NOT.

Are they able to make spiderwebs in the clouds?

Spiders have been doing this for a long time, it's part of how they move so quickly without walking the whole distance. Usually they do this when they're still just born so that their weight is less and they can go farther.

At 5/19/15 11:56 AM, unreliablyinformed wrote:

At 5/19/15 01:17 AM, Lagerkapo wrote: It's called ballooning or parachuting. They've done it for millions of years.

No, it's called flying. "Ballooning" just makes it sound like harmless fun which IT IS NOT.

Depends on the spider I suppose.