How Does A Spider Spin A Web Between Two Trees?

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If you look up in a tree, you might see a spider web that spans a distance of several feet or more. How is the spider able to reach between this distance? How do they do that?
LINK: The Presurfer

Clicker

Clicker is the complete guide to Internet television. Clicker catalogs all broadcast programming online, along with TV-quality Web originals, from these silos and delivers them in one seamless, organized experience so you can easily discover what's available to watch online, where to watch it, and what's worth watching.

Clicker is one part directory, one part search engine, one part wiki, one part entertainment guide, and one part DVR. At the heart of it all is a massive database that contains more than 450,000 episodes, from over 6,000 shows, from over 1,200 networks, tens of thousands of movies, and 50,000 music videos from 20,000 artists.

You can enjoy all of Clicker's content and features without a Clicker account, but creating an account will allow you to create and manage a personal playlist, subscribe to show seasons and edit and submit show and episode metadata for review by the Clicker editors. LINK: The Presurfer

Pictriev

Pictriev is a search engine to find similar faces on the web using face recognition. The results can vary on the resolution or quality of photo.

To get a reliable answer, enter a photo that contains a frontal face with the gap between the eyes more than 80 pixels wide. LINK: Presurfer

The Oldest Escher Collection on the Web Since 1993.

# If you don't see the picture you seek, I suggest a coffee table-style art book from the library or bookstore.
# The capitalized titles below are correct. If it's not capitalized it's just the filename because I don't know the title.
# Visit World of Escher, the other really old Escher site, for more information about M.C. Escher.
# For copyright inquiries and Escher information please see Cordon Art b.v. LINK

Click here for Works Inspired by Escher.

Gigantic Spider Gobbles Bird in Front of Camera

Snapped in the backyard of a resident of Queensland, Australia in October 2008, the disturbing sequence shows the bird, identified as a chestnut-breeded mannikin, caught in the web of its arachnid nemesis. As the mannikin’s struggling subsides, the spider decides it’s feeding time and goes in for the kill. Golden orb weavers are known for their strong, finely meshed webs, but this one must have been like steel to keep the bird from taking wing. More info at LINK.

Day At The Zoo

This adorable Francois Langur is one of many scenes from the zoo that will warm your heart, courtesy of The Big Picture. There's already plenty of negativity out there on the web today; recharge with these awesomely cute photos. LINK

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