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eight-legged engineers spinning silk stronger than steel, then eating it for breakfast
means Spiders are eight-legged arachnids (not insects) that spin silk, hunt prey, and turn up uninvited in the corners of rooms everywhere.
from From Old English "spīþra," which traces back to the verb "spinnan" — to spin. So the name simply means "the spinner," a creature defined by what it does. The same spinning root threads through related Germanic words and gives us "spindle" and "spin" itself; the spider was, quite literally, named for its craft.
- silk strength
- Stronger than steel by weight, tougher than Kevlar
- hydraulic legs
- They walk by pumping fluid, not flexing muscle
- recyclers
- Many eat their old web to reclaim protein
- global appetite
- Eat more biomass yearly than all humans combined
- foot ears
- They hear and taste through their legs
sydney funnel web — world's most venomous spider, responsible for 13 confirmed human deaths in australia since 1927
brazilian wandering spider — phoneutria genus, guinness record holder for most venomous spider, found across south america
jumping spider — salticidae family with 6000+ species, can leap 50x their body length and see in color