Style Buzz This one-of-a-kind garment was woven over four years with silk collected from Golden Orb Weaver spiders, found in the mountains of Madagascar. Handlers extracted silk from the spiders using a hand-powered machine before releasing them back into the wild. No dye or coloring was added to the silk before it was woven.
Culture Buzz This is sooo creepy. If it happened to me, I'd just burn the house down.
I will never use a toilet again. Not without checking under the seat, at least. (via acidcow.com)
But don't you dare think he's a coward. He'll jump out of airplanes and stuff. Just no spiders. (via viralviralvideos.com)
Science Buzz Each year the International Institute for Species Exploration announces their list of the Top 10 New Species for the preceding calendar year. And the winners are…
Culture Buzz Just in case you or your children haven't been having enough nightmares lately. (Via)
Australian Peacock Spiders are adorable. But let's assume that you don't share my affinity for eight-legged critters. You'll want to watch this anyway because their mating ritual is unusual. And yes, this is one of those “wait for it” videos.
This kitten is totally whipped by his remote controlled spider toy. With a cameo appearance by an indifferent Corgi.
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For charity. Will he donate his cadaver to UNICEF?
Lots of word-play going on here. Deviled eggs accented with awesome olive garnish to give off that spider vibe, and the mound of black olives in the center of the dish are meant to make you think of spider eggs.
on the bright side, maybe she'll give birth to a SPIDER BABY.
Lesson here is to listen to your daughter. Dora The Explorer word of the day is 'Arachnophobia'. Now your kid's got it (she so told you so).
Cynical Buzzfeed commenters who call every crazy photo “fake,” we need you now more than ever! Let's make that another ten or so years until we finally rent Arachnophobia. Yeah, that seems reasonable.
Who would have thought it was possible? A real live spider that's actually cute. To be fair, it's still scary as all hell and probably full of evil intentions, but somehow it manages to be totally precious at the same time! I'm going to have some positively adorable nightmares tonight.
Science Buzz A handful of spiders were shot into space for a study on how they spin their webs in zero gravity. I can't help but imagine this as the first mistake in some sci-fi movie about spider-aliens taking over the International Space Station. Gives me the heebie-jeebies!
A Golden Orb Spider that is probably as big as my hand was caught on camera actually eating a native Australian Finch. I hate spiders, so this completely terrifies me. At the same time, I’ve gotta hand it to Nature for totally flipping the old food chain upside down.