Was this a week or what?! Let’s recap: Following Wingit’s rescue the prior week, this past week gave us the story’s epilog, as Mark delivered it on the phone to Bill Ellis. Ellis called Mark a hero. Debatable. Mark said that Wesley Wingit survived several days in the cave on crickets. Unconfirmed. We also discovered that Wesley had actually broken his hip. Not mentioned earlier! And we also learned that Sammy Spotter got a large enough bonus from the movie studio to quit the business and become an international bird watcher. Then Cherry called and interrupted Mark’s debrief to ask him to take Rusty to Washington DC for a school trip. That’s a bit strange, since school trips are usually conducted by the school.

Now, what did we not learn from Mark’s after-action report?
1. How did the Studio know Wingit disappeared if nobody went in the mansion earlier?
2. Why were the lions so pacified?
3. Where did the actors go who were also supposed to be inside the mansion with the lions?
4. How did Wingit get trapped in the cave in the first place?
5. How did he break his hip?
6. How did they get Wingit out of the cave with his broken hip?
7. What happened to the envelope that was lying on the ground beside Wingit in the cave?
While you view today’s nature topic, feel free to think up some answers and post them in a comment.

Okay, drawing webs is not one of Rivera’s strengths. She could have easily “woven” the strip’s name in the actual webbing in panel 1, if she had taken the time. I think the Joro-spider looks like a bee with eight legs and no wings. If you are interested, look up the Japanese legend of Jorogumo, the shape-shifting, fire-breathing female spider.