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Tree 'cocoons' rise from floodwaters
Millions of spiders have escaped floodwaters in Pakistan by seeking refuge in trees.

Tree 'cocoons' rise from floodwaters

AEST 15:30, Thu Apr 7 2011
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Millions of spiders seeking refuge in flood-hit Pakistan have escaped to the trees, transforming them into giant web cocoons.


This phenomenal sight has amazed the people of Sindh, but they aren't complaining.


Stagnating floodwaters are usually a drawcard for mosquitoes, but locals believe the malaria-spreading insects are being kept at bay by the spiders and their tree webs.


Millions of survivors of the 2010 floods are returning home and rebuilding their lives with aid from western countries.
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