turnbull Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 I think a little bit of wee has just come out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 holymarymotherofdonkeypunchingjesusfuckingbobsaget Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PompeyVillan Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 That is seriously weird. It's like someone took all the trees away but left the spider's webs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PompeyVillan Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/02/thousands-of-spiders/ Last week, spiders descended in droves upon a town in southern Brazil — literally. When 20-year-old web designer Erick Reis left a friend’s house on Sunday, he saw what looked like thousands of spiders overhead, reported G1, a Brazilian news site, on Feb. 8. The large, sturdy spiders were hanging from power lines and poles, and crawling around on a vast network of silk strands spun over the town of Santo Antonio da Platina. Reis did what many of us might do: He pulled out his camera and shot a video of spiders seemingly falling from the sky. As creeptastic is it may be, “The phenomenon observed is not really surprising,” said Leticia Aviles, who studies social spiders at the University of British Columbia. “Either social or colonial spiders may occur in large aggregations, as the one shown in the video.” The reason, she and others say, is simple: This is how they hunt. An early report suggested the swarming spiders were Anelosimus eximius, a social species of spider that weaves communal webs, lives together as adults, and shares childcare duties. However, it appears that initial assessment may be wrong. The spiders in the video are more likely a species of colonial spider that aggregates individual webs and lives in groups only temporarily, dispersing before reproducing, Aviles said. “The spiders I saw in the video are not Anelosimus eximius,” said Deborah Smith, an entomologist at the University of Kansas who specializes in social spiders. She notes that A. eximius is a bit smaller than the arachnids Reis filmed, and may not live that far south. “The spiders in the video are very large and robust,” she said. “It might be worth looking at Parawixia bistriata, a large, group-living orb weaver, to see if that one fits the bill.” Arachnologist George Uetz agrees. “This is definitely not Anelosimus eximius,” said Uetz, who studies spiders at the University of Cincinnati. He notes that the spiders appear to be spread out on a colonial network of individual orb webs (rather than building a communal nest) and resemble big, orb-weaving spiders — perhaps Parawixia bistriata. “This colony is quite large,” he said, noting that the spiders aren’t actually raining down. “The web is fixed, although it is very fine and mostly invisible,” he said. Cornell University arachnologist Linda Rayor and Aviles also agree that what’s probably being filmed is a massive P. bistriata colony. That species lives in South American savannas and spins colonial webs. A bit of good news is that their venom is not believed to be harmful to humans, Uetz said. If this is Parawixia, or a similar species, there’s a reason the spiders may have appeared to come out of nowhere. “At night, they all collect in a colonial retreat, probably out of sight in a tree,” Uetz said. ”Then they build the colonial framework early in the day, and build individual webs upon it. They sit on these webs and capture prey.” Whether the spiders are setting up camp or dispersing is an open question. It’s possible that Reis caught the conglomerate just as they had moved in to a new home — in which case he’ll see spiders in the sky whenever he visits his friends. At least for as long as insects are plentiful and the neighborhood is safe from birds, or until it’s time to reproduce. P. bistriata colonies dissolve before the spiders make more spiders, Aviles said. When they are clumped together, the groups tend to comprise single families. “I suppose those can be quite large,” Aviles said. “Or, in some cases, multiple families may remain aggregated, giving rise to a colony as huge as the one shown in the video.” It’s also possible the spiders were caught in the act of dispersing, and that the massive web overhead is temporary, though that’s more likely if the spiders are, in fact, Anelosimus eximius. An easy to make a determine which species they are is to look for the presence of an orb web, which would point towardParawixia, Aviles said. Or better yet, snap a close-up photo of one of the spiders. Any volunteers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 holymarymotherofdonkeypunchingjesusfuckingbobsaget Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colhint Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/02/thousands-of-spiders/ Last week, spiders descended in droves upon a town in southern Brazil — literally. When 20-year-old web designer Erick Reis left a friend’s house on Sunday, he saw what looked like thousands of spiders overhead, reported G1, a Brazilian news site, on Feb. 8. The large, sturdy spiders were hanging from power lines and poles, and crawling around on a vast network of silk strands spun over the town of Santo Antonio da Platina. Reis did what many of us might do: He pulled out his camera and shot a video of spiders seemingly falling from the sky. As creeptastic is it may be, “The phenomenon observed is not really surprising,” said Leticia Aviles, who studies social spiders at the University of British Columbia. “Either social or colonial spiders may occur in large aggregations, as the one shown in the video.” The reason, she and others say, is simple: This is how they hunt. An early report suggested the swarming spiders were Anelosimus eximius, a social species of spider that weaves communal webs, lives together as adults, and shares childcare duties. However, it appears that initial assessment may be wrong. The spiders in the video are more likely a species of colonial spider that aggregates individual webs and lives in groups only temporarily, dispersing before reproducing, Aviles said. “The spiders I saw in the video are not Anelosimus eximius,” said Deborah Smith, an entomologist at the University of Kansas who specializes in social spiders. She notes that A. eximius is a bit smaller than the arachnids Reis filmed, and may not live that far south. “The spiders in the video are very large and robust,” she said. “It might be worth looking at Parawixia bistriata, a large, group-living orb weaver, to see if that one fits the bill.” Arachnologist George Uetz agrees. “This is definitely not Anelosimus eximius,” said Uetz, who studies spiders at the University of Cincinnati. He notes that the spiders appear to be spread out on a colonial network of individual orb webs (rather than building a communal nest) and resemble big, orb-weaving spiders — perhaps Parawixia bistriata. “This colony is quite large,” he said, noting that the spiders aren’t actually raining down. “The web is fixed, although it is very fine and mostly invisible,” he said. Cornell University arachnologist Linda Rayor and Aviles also agree that what’s probably being filmed is a massive P. bistriata colony. That species lives in South American savannas and spins colonial webs. A bit of good news is that their venom is not believed to be harmful to humans, Uetz said. If this is Parawixia, or a similar species, there’s a reason the spiders may have appeared to come out of nowhere. “At night, they all collect in a colonial retreat, probably out of sight in a tree,” Uetz said. ”Then they build the colonial framework early in the day, and build individual webs upon it. They sit on these webs and capture prey.” Whether the spiders are setting up camp or dispersing is an open question. It’s possible that Reis caught the conglomerate just as they had moved in to a new home — in which case he’ll see spiders in the sky whenever he visits his friends. At least for as long as insects are plentiful and the neighborhood is safe from birds, or until it’s time to reproduce. P. bistriata colonies dissolve before the spiders make more spiders, Aviles said. When they are clumped together, the groups tend to comprise single families. “I suppose those can be quite large,” Aviles said. “Or, in some cases, multiple families may remain aggregated, giving rise to a colony as huge as the one shown in the video.” It’s also possible the spiders were caught in the act of dispersing, and that the massive web overhead is temporary, though that’s more likely if the spiders are, in fact, Anelosimus eximius. An easy to make a determine which species they are is to look for the presence of an orb web, which would point towardParawixia, Aviles said. Or better yet, snap a close-up photo of one of the spiders. Any volunteers? he's going to make a fortune Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginko Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 waaaaaaahYYYAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa That is priceless. I'm in tears Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginko Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 (edited) Anyone seen any of Bad Lip Reading's stuff before? Here's one of my favourites: Edited February 19, 2013 by Ginko 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Their Twilight and Hunger Games ones are also quite humorous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingsombrero Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 (edited) https://youtu.be/c7WVQFPh3qY Make a good Politician if he wasn't such a waster. Edited February 19, 2013 by flamingsombrero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponky Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Weather man on TV Morning Show here in Aus decided to do his segment whilst experiencing the joys of stunt flying. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cLibkkUL9E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 This ad made me embarrassed for some reason. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=suEBu3wgBkY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted February 26, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted February 26, 2013 You can tell he's never played the game. His batting and bowling styles are both awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nath182 Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 What an absolutely dire advert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nath182 Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Loved this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydJWmgwxJ4M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomaspg Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 (edited) not sure if its bin dunne or not, but heres a vid of the commentators from the two major norweigan sport channels playing a game of football. But they have those electrified dog collars around their legs and two guys control them like it was a playstation. hilarity guaranted Edited February 26, 2013 by tomaspg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DeepDish Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 waaaaaaahYYYAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Speaking of goats:: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLI4EuDckgM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingsombrero Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=PPrn2M8x8uQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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