There's a lot to do when you're a kid - spiders to catch, girls to poke in the eye - stuff to be getting on with.
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Apparently, as a kid, I used to eat spiders. Maybe there's some Freudian significance behind that.
Children are perfectly happy to sit next to spiders; it is only grown-ups who are frightened away.
There are so many spiders, and their rituals, their mating rituals, their courtship ritual, can be very, very different.
I always like jumping spiders. They're just so darn cute.
Most spiders eat and remake their webs every night.
With all due respect to arachnophobes, I love spiders. Some might call me obsessed, but I've been studying spiders and spider silks for many years now and don't see an end in sight. There is simply too much to do.
I'm absolutely terrified of spiders.
From everything I can read about Aussie spiders, it seems like all they really like doing is hiding in your house or garden or car until you 'accidentally' disturb them - probably by doing something crazy like putting on the shoe they are lurking in - and they can officially bite you to pieces.
I'm massively scared of spiders. Even small ones scare the life out of me.
If I see a spider in the flat, I try to get a cup and a piece of paper and throw it out of the window. I can't kill them because they're good for catching flies.
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