WASHINGTON 鈥� Just what the world needed: raining spiders.
It鈥檚 happening in Goulburn, Australia 鈥� of course it鈥檚 in Australia 鈥� where residents are reporting that spiders are raining from the sky, creating an effect that looks like 鈥渢his tunnel of webs going up for a couple of hundred meters into the sky,鈥� covering houses and 鈥� brace yourself 鈥� getting into their beards, .
One woman described sitting on her front veranda, watching what looked like silk threads 鈥渇loating through the sky.鈥� Sounds beautiful, except, you know 鈥� spiders.
The man with spiders in his beard exclaimed on Facebook, 鈥淪omeone call a scientist!鈥�
Well, the Herald did. A naturalist from the Australian Museum calls it 鈥淎ngel Hair,鈥� and says it鈥檚 common 鈥� just not from thousands of spiders at once. A spider climbs up to a high point, releases some silk from its 鈥� well, its behind (so much for the beautiful silky effect) 鈥� and flies off on it. Such 鈥渂allooning鈥� flights can sometimes cover miles.
It鈥檚 rare for masses of spiders to do it all at the same time, though. 麻豆官网 conditions probably have a lot to do with why so many did it in unison, a University of Akron biology professor tells .
Professor Todd Blackledge says there鈥檚 no danger to people 鈥� possible crop damage is almost certainly the worst thing that can really happen.
Sure. That鈥檚 what they always say in the first half-hour of the summer blockbuster disaster movie.
