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by ONLY138 on June 7th, 2007

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Where do cob-webs come from?

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  • by Jay Was Here - AYPWIP on June 7th, 2007

    Jay Was Here - AYPWIP

    Cobwebs come from the Cob Spider. This spider is a fairly large spider with thick, snow-white fur. Its double, sometimes triple and quadruple, fanged bite is exceedingly painful though not fatal, and is largely avoided by intelligent life. Cobs can live up to 50 years!

    Cob Spiders can grow over two palm spans in length, and one palm span in height. Cob spiders usually hide in dark cool places such as basements and under frigerators and other appliances. They are nocturnal and move very quickly (for their size), this causes them to be very rarely seen by humans. They wander from their daylight hiding places at night in search for food. They enjoy feeding on dead skin cells which makes a bedroom mattress one of their favorite feeding places. Sometimes at night they can crawl under the covers of a sleeping person and peel the dead skin from his or her legs, feet and toes. Sometimes you may feel one pulling on your leg... much like I'm pulling your leg right now. LMAO! :P

    Seriously... The Middle English name for a spider web. Origin of the word is coppeweb, coppe pronounced 'cobbie' being the Middle English word for spider, which was introduced to England by Dutch invaders and originally pronounced 'kab' in the Netherlands. Contrary to popular belief, cobwebs only form when dust collects on wayward pieces of silk produced by spiders or other insects. Popular myth indicates that dust alone is capable of forming a chain, with each piece connecting to the next piece, finally forming intricate lines in corners and across furniture. This belief is erroneous.

    Hope this helps. :)

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    • Very good and very amusing answer!

      A++++++++++ :)

      ONLY138

      by ONLY138 on June 7th, 2007

    • Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed. lol

      Jay Was Here - AYPWIP

      by Jay Was Here - AYPWIP on June 7th, 2007

    • lmbo, I was imagining you telling this story to your kids out in the back yard in a tent. lol I loved it.

      unknown

      by unknown on June 12th, 2007

    • I did tell a similar story to my daughter when she asked this question. She's too smart for me though and knows when I'm full of it. My son on the other hand is a little more naive. :P

      Jay Was Here - AYPWIP

      by Jay Was Here - AYPWIP on June 12th, 2007

    • Well, that figures. lol Girls know a line of BS when they hear it. lol

      unknown

      by unknown on June 12th, 2007

    • Unfortunately, at times they (women and kids) think I'm full of BS even when I'm not though. lol

      Jay Was Here - AYPWIP

      by Jay Was Here - AYPWIP on June 12th, 2007

    • Aw, well that's too bad. Maybe they just don't get your sense of humor. : )

      unknown

      by unknown on June 12th, 2007

    • LOL very possible!

      Jay Was Here - AYPWIP

      by Jay Was Here - AYPWIP on June 12th, 2007

    • how do i say bullshit politely. Um cob-webs are abandoned spider webs. The spider constantly cleans and repairs its web, however if the spider dies off or moves on than this webbing is left to collect dust and dirt.

      pctech26

      by pctech26 on July 11th, 2007

    • I gave a serious/correct answer in the third paragraph.

      Jay Was Here - AYPWIP

      by Jay Was Here - AYPWIP on July 12th, 2007

    • Are you people insane? Cob webs appear in places where spiders are not and have never been. Newton's law of mutual attraction is the only reason that dust particles connect to each other and form the webs called "cob webs."
      Every point mass attracts every single other point mass by a force pointing along the line intersecting both points. The force is directly proportional to the product of the two masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between the point masses:[2]

      F = G \frac{m_1 m_2}{r^2},

      where:

      * F is the magnitude of the gravitational force between the two point masses,
      * G is the gravitational constant,
      * m1 is the mass of the first point mass,
      * m2 is the mass of the second point mass, and
      * r is the distance between the two point masses.

      Stop peddling nonsense about "cob spiders" spinning webs.
      Thor X. Jones

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      by thorxjones on March 25th, 2010

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