Think Nemo’s Bad? In Brazil It’s Raining SPIDERS!!!

[PeaceNikki]

http://gawker.com/5982891/meanwhile-in-brazil-its-raining-spiders

What's that? You're worried about a little snow falling on your head? How adorable.

Meanwhile, in Brazil, it's raining spiders.

Footage posted online yesterday shows thousands of spiders "falling from the sky" in the southern Brazilian town of Santo Antônio da Platina.

"Still do not know what causes such behavior," writes the video's uploader. "We are researching and will post the answer to the question here."

I know exactly what causes such behavior. A little something called the end of the world.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=389_1360330426

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!

[Light House]

1. Thats creepy/

Spiders frighten me even though I know they're part of the earths ecosystem.

[xchrom]

2. I'd have a nervous break down. Nt

[PeaceNikki]

4. I KNOW!! I nearly had a stroke just watching the video! KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!

GAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111

[xchrom]

8. hold on -- let me get my flame thrower

[PeaceNikki]

10. I have a friend in Brazil who owes me a couch crash. I told him -unless he hands me a flamethrower

at the airport, I am NEVER visiting Brazil.

ever.

[xchrom]

12. i'm with you. nt

[pnwest]

25. im with you. i would completely lose my mind,

like - wearing a straight jacket, in a padded room, drooling and babbling about flying spiders

[Siwsan]

3. Ok, that goes BEYOND my worst nightmare

To say I have arachnophobia is an understatement. When I was young, and we were under a tornado warning, my parents used to put us in the basement, beneath the wash tub. Where there were SPIDERS. I would have prefered a quick death by tornado rather than to be disolved and devoured by spiders. Admittedly, my entire knowledge base of spiders came from waking up at a drive in, during the 2nd feature of 'Tarantula'. Scarred me for life.

[Art_from_Ark]

11. I saw Tarantula when I was a little kid

It freaked me out as well.

[AsahinaKimi]

5. Now that is the defination of

arachnophobia

[pinboy3niner]

6. AAAAAAAAA !!!!!

[whistler162]

7. could be worse it could be raining....

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1hvge_it-s-raining-men-weather-girls_music#.URZUCb_C18E

[valerief]

9. But where is it raining men????

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1yv0z_its-raining-men_music#.URZWt2dGaSo

[Fuddnik]

18. In Pakistan (Some assembly required)

[cliffordu]

21. Well...

(I KNOW THIS AINT FUNNY, NOT IN THE LEAST, GODDAMMIT.)

[marmar]

13. So in Brazil, the colloquialism must be, "It's raining tarantulas and brazilian wanderings."

nt

[FailureToCommunicate]

14. I knew they could jump...but fly!?!?

[nuxvomica]

15. Only thousands? I heard it was over a Brazilian

[barbtries]

16. if i had any hearts left to give

i'd give you one for that! i actually heard the drum roll.

[Buzz Clik]

17. Those spiders are all on webs, crawling up and down.

It's still horrifying to have them 50 feet in the air, but it least it's not raining spiders.

[PADemD]

19. They travel on the wind.

Heaven's Breath: A Natural History of the Wind, by Dr. Lyall Watson

http://www.amazon.com/Heavens-Breath-Natural-History-Wind/dp/0688056237

[snot]

20. Now THAT's mosquito netting.

[Cleita]

24. Well that is an advantage of spiders.

They do eat other undesirable insects. But still, ugh!

[LiberalEsto]

22. The SHRIEK heard 'round the world

That's what you'd hear if my older daughter was there.

To say she is not fond of spiders is an understatement.
She (age 29) flips at the site of tiny ones.

[Cleita]

23. Those seem to be very big!

AAAAAAAA is right!

[Highway61]

26. OMG

My worst nightmare...

[Historic NY]

27. I guess its not a good time for an arachnephobia attack...

cats & dogs maybe but spiders.....

[ocpagu]

28. I don't have a problema with them.

I hate cockroaches and rats, but spiders don't bother me. Wouldn't like to be near that giant web, though.