I was scrolling through National Geographic candidates for photos of the year and I saw this one and I thought, "What a weird tree....it's kinda pretty." I thought that until I read the caption....then not so much.
"An unexpected side-effect of the 2010 flooding in parts of Sindh, Pakistan, was that millions of spiders climbed up into the trees to escape the rising flood waters; because of the scale of the flooding and the fact that the water took so long to recede, many trees became cocooned in spiders webs. People in the area had never seen this phenomenon before, but they also reported that there were fewer mosquitoes than they would have expected, given the amount of standing water that was left. Not being bitten by mosquitoes was one small blessing for people that had lost everything in the floods." Photo and caption by Russell Watkins/National Geographic Photo Contest
Ok...eww. If you are like me the thought of a spider sends chills up your spine. If you are really like me then you have weekly nightmares about spiders that are so vivid that your husband has to restrain you. Imagine what that picture is doing to my mental stability.
