Scarier than Nopes who sail like ships are spiders that fly using a baloon-like sack of silk. the blog post above (in portuguese, sorry) tels the story of a "war" the brazilian governm fought against one such spider, the Latrodectus curacaviensis. They even napalm-bombed an island in Guanabara Bay (in Rio de Janeiro). The spiders just sailed the hot air currents created by the fire and relocated... BTW, Latrodectus curacaviensis is a relative of the Blackwidow...
http://mundotentacular.blogspot.com.br/2011/0...ditas-aranhas-forca-aerea-brasileira.html?m=1
Scarier than Nopes who sail like ships are spiders that fly using a baloon-like sack of silk. the blog post above (in portuguese, sorry) tels the story of a "war" the brazilian governm fought against one such spider, the Latrodectus curacaviensis. They even napalm-bombed an island in Guanabara Bay (in Rio de Janeiro). The spiders just sailed the hot air currents created by the fire and relocated... BTW, Latrodectus curacaviensis is a relative of the Blackwidow...