The unprecedented 2010 flooding in Pakistan resulted in more than a fifth of the country becoming submerged. As a result, millions of spiders climbed into trees to escape the rising floodwaters. The water took so long to recede that all the vegetation became covered in a thick mass of webbing.
On the bright side, these areas have seen far fewer malaria-spreading mosquitos than would normally be present in areas with so much stagnant water.
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