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minus-squareJay@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·edit-21 year agoSpiders? Or more likely could it be when the occupants die, instead of someone new moving in they torch the place and start over? Edit: nevermind, they suggested that further down in the article.
minus-squareimgonnatrythis@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·1 year agoYeah, spiders seemed like the obvious answer to me. I would have also accepted centipedes.
Spiders?
Or more likely could it be when the occupants die, instead of someone new moving in they torch the place and start over?
Edit: nevermind, they suggested that further down in the article.
Yeah, spiders seemed like the obvious answer to me. I would have also accepted centipedes.