It looks like something out of an illustrated book....
An unexpected side-effect of the flooding in parts of Pakistan has been that millions
of spiders climbed up into the trees to escape the rising flood waters.
Because of the scale of the flooding and the fact that the water has taken so
long to recede, many trees have become cocooned in spiders webs.
People in this part of Sindh have never seen this phenomenon before
but they also report that there are now less mosquitos than they would expect,
given the amount of stagnant, standing water that is around. It is thought that
the mosquitos are getting caught in the spiders web thus reducing the risk of
malaria, which would be one blessing or the people of Sindh, facing so many other
hardships after the floods.
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