oh yes kiddies it is time for mad spiderfacts with david attenborough and the mad hatter!
* various types of spiders, such as the wolf spider and the long-jawed orb weaver can walk effortlessly across water. they are either descendants of jesus, or jesus was infact a spider.
*female spiders often eat their mate during or after mating.
moral: human males should not fraternise with spiders
*red backs and tube web spiders use trip lines of silk in order to catch their prey. An insect, such as an ant or woodlouse walks into the sticky silk of the tripline, sending vibrations back to the spider nestled in its web. the spider will register the vibrations and head in the direction from which they are comming in order to catch its prey (however if it is a woodlouse, the tube web spider will disgard the insect as it does not impress upon the spider's palate).
*male spiders are cunning. check this out:
the nursery web spider: mating habits
In an effort to make mating less hazardous, the male will catch an insect, wrap it up and carry it around until he finds a female. He then presents it to her and mates with the female while she is distracted by her meal. This lasts for about an hour or until the female has finished eating her gift.
i hope she ate him anyway. the raping bastard.
*the common black house spider can survive for months without any food or water. More evidence that jesus was a spider.
remember kids, insects (especially spiders) are cool. dont knock them cause for every one human on earth, there are 200million insects. they will get you.
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