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Spiders coat entire field in glistening, terrifying ‘bum parachute’ webs

BY JOHNNY LIEU From Mashable

If the sight of spiders freaks you out, well, just cast your eyes on this massive 30-metre (30 yard) cobweb that was found by Tracey Maris and her daughter on a field in Tauranga, New Zealand on Sunday.

“We were down below the newly-made tsunami evacuation mound on our local football field and there was a bright glistening coming from the top of the mound — it looked almost like the hill was sparkling but we were unsure why,” Maris told Storyful.

“So my 10-year-old daughter and I raced up to look and were shocked to learn it was all spider web. Kind of yuck, but really beautiful at the same time. I was amazed being up on top of the mound seeing how far it stretched for.”

The phenomenon, often called “spider bum parachutes” is a result of spiders seeking higher ground from floodwaters, by casting a large thread of silk from their bodies to — you guessed it — use as a parachute.

For more on this story and video go to: http://mashable.com/2017/04/17/spider-web-covers-park/?utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mashable+%28Mashable%29&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed#mSgLAAGXZOqU

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