No, it isn't every small child's ultimate fantasy, a house-size portion of candy floss; more like every kid and adult's worst nightmare. During the recent floods in Pakistan millions of normally land-dwelling spiders have been evicted to higher ground, yes mother-nature is a fairly shit landlady sometimes. Horrifying as this first appears, our vertically ambitious creepy crawlies have not only managed to adapt in remarkable and rapid style but have in fact solved one of the largest problems in flood affected areas, Malaria. These normally unobtrusive creatures are now a blessing in disguise as their newly let properties act as giant nets, devastating mosquito numbers and thus the spread of one of the more annoying infectious diseases to affect Tropical and Sub-Tropic regions. Still though...put you off tree climbing for life.
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