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Thanks to winds and rain, the giant web that stretched two hundred yards at Lake Tawakoni in northeast Texas back in August is only six percent of its previous size, but scientists are still interested in studying the apparent social effort of thousands of spiders–principally long-jawed orb weavers–which are normally canabalistic rather than cooperative. We can only hope they’re not evolving in some unpleasant new way. But, just in case, I plan to start being nicer to the ones I see around the rancho.