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the sky is raining spiders in
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California the San Francisco Bay area
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has received many shocking reports and
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pictures of spiders falling from the sky
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and sticking to surfaces when they reach
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the ground residents have noticed Globs
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of white webbing containing baby spiders
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that apparently need a new place to live
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through the process of
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ballooning one Pacific Grove resident
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described seeing webs all over her
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neighborhood including on the ground
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sticking to bushes on power lines and
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just about everywhere else even
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frighteningly her own hand what they are
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is strands of silk that spiderlings baby
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spiders used to disperse explained Fred
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larabe an assistant professor of biology
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at San Jose State University to get away
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from where they're originally born they
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spin these silk strands and they get
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caught by the wind which pulls the
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spiders to a new place to live to new
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habitats so they're not competing with
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their siblings he added