{"product_id":"2940013922426","title":"Overcoming Your Fear of Spiders","description":"t's True! You Don’t Have To Live In Fear of Spiders Ever Again... The Fear of Spiders Is One of The Top Phobias People Suffer From In America Today\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFUN FACTS ABOUT SPIDERS\u003cbr\u003eA lot of people fear spiders because some of them are\u003cbr\u003epoisonous. Other people fear the thought of being bitten.\u003cbr\u003eLet’s explore spiders in general and give you some facts\u003cbr\u003eabout common spiders.\u003cbr\u003eThough spiders have simple eyes, they usually are not\u003cbr\u003ewell developed. Instead, spiders use vibrations, which they\u003cbr\u003ecan sense on the surface of their web. The tiny bristles\u003cbr\u003edistributed all over a spider's body surface, are actually\u003cbr\u003esensitive tactile receptors. These bristles are sensitive to a\u003cbr\u003evariety of stimuli including touch, vibration, and airflow.\u003cbr\u003eSpiders are arthropods, so their skeletal system of their\u003cbr\u003ebody is the outermost layer. The hard exoskeleton helps the\u003cbr\u003espider maintain moisture and not dry out. The bristles are\u003cbr\u003enot hair, but actually part of their exoskeleton.\u003cbr\u003eThe word spider is from an Old English verb spinnan,\u003cbr\u003emeaning \"to spin.\" Web weavers use the tiny claws at the\u003cbr\u003ebase of each leg, in addition to their notched hairs, to walk\u003cbr\u003eon their webs without sticking to them.\u003cbr\u003eSpiders digest their food outside their body. After the\u003cbr\u003eprey is captured, spiders release digestive enzymes from\u003cbr\u003etheir intestinal tract and cover the insect. These enzymes\u003cbr\u003ebreak down the body, which allows the spider suck up the\u003cbr\u003eliquid prey.\u003cbr\u003eThe feared tarantula isn’t poisonous. A tarantula’s bite\u003cbr\u003ecan be painful, but it isn’t any more dangerous than a bee\u003cbr\u003esting.\u003cbr\u003eA Daddy-long-legs isn’t a spider, though it looks a lot\u003cbr\u003elike one. It doesn’t have a waist between its front body part\u003cbr\u003eand its abdomen. Its legs are longer and thinner than a\u003cbr\u003espider’s, and it carries its body hung low.\u003cbr\u003eUnder a spider’s abdomen, near the rear, are tiny stubs\u003cbr\u003ecalled spinnerets. The spider uses its legs to pull liquid silk\u003cbr\u003emade in its abdomen from the spinnerets. The silk hardens\u003cbr\u003eas it stretches. Since silk is made out of protein, a spider\u003cbr\u003eeats the used silk of an old web before spinning a new one.\u003cbr\u003eNot all spiders spin webs, but many use silk in other\u003cbr\u003eways. Some protect their eggs in silken egg sacs. The Wolf\u003cbr\u003eSpider carries her egg sac attached to her spinnerets. Many\u003cbr\u003etarantulas line their burrows with silk. Some trap-door\u003cbr\u003espiders make silken lids for their burrows.\u003cbr\u003eOn an American one-dollar bill, there is an owl in the\u003cbr\u003eupper left-hand corner of the \"1\" encased in the \"shield\" and\u003cbr\u003ea spider hidden in the front upper right-hand corner.\u003cbr\u003eMost spiders belong to the orb weaver spider family,\u003cbr\u003eFamily Aranidae. This is pronounced \"A Rainy Day.\"\u003cbr\u003eA strand from the web of a golden spider is as strong\u003cbr\u003eas a steel wire of the same size.\u003cbr\u003eIn the 1960s, animal behavior researchers studied the\u003cbr\u003eeffects of various substances on spiders. When spiders were\u003cbr\u003efed flies that had been injected with caffeine, they spun very\u003cbr\u003e\"nervous\" webs. When spiders ate flies injected with LSD,\u003cbr\u003ethey spun webs with wild, abstract patterns. Spiders that\u003cbr\u003ewere given sedatives fell asleep before completing their\u003cbr\u003ewebs.\u003cbr\u003eThere is a group of spiders that lives between the low\u003cbr\u003eand high watermark along the ocean shores, and when they\u003cbr\u003esense the tide coming in, they retreat to a tiny coral cave or\u003cbr\u003ecrevice and weave a tight silken door across the entrance.\u003cbr\u003eThe water comes higher and higher, covering the spider's\u003cbr\u003elittle retreat but not flooding it. Hours later, when the tide\u003cbr\u003edrops, the spider comes out of its watertight hideaway and\u003cbr\u003egoes about its business.\u003cbr\u003eAnother spider, called the water-spider, spends most of\u003cbr\u003eits life underwater even though it needs to breathe air. Even\u003cbr\u003ewhen newly hatched, it can surround its body with a film of\u003cbr\u003eair and can dive and swim for long periods of time.\u003cbr\u003eAs an adult, this spider actually lives underwater in\u003cbr\u003ewhat looks like a homemade diving bell. The spider makes\u003cbr\u003ethis shelter by fastening together several submerged stems\u003cbr\u003eof aquatic plants with silk bindings, and then makes a silk\u003cbr\u003esheet that is fastened horizontally between the stems.\u003cbr\u003eThe spider comes to the surface, traps a bubble of air,\u003cbr\u003edives down with the bubble, and releases it under the little\u003cbr\u003ecanopy. Before long, the silk sheet looks like a deep\u003cbr\u003eumbrella top, filled with air. Here, the spider lives its life,\u003cbr\u003eresting, eating and reproducing. Whenever the spider needs\u003cbr\u003emore air, it simply goes to the surface to fetch another\u003cbr\u003ebubble.\u003cbr\u003eHorseshoe crabs and spiders are actually close\u003cbr\u003erelatives. The horseshoe crab belongs to the large group of\u003cbr\u003einvertebrates (animals without backbones) called\u003cbr\u003eArthropods. This group also includes lobsters, crabs, insects,\u003cbr\u003espiders, and scorpions. Even...","brand":"99 \u0026cent; store, save a lot more","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47145847193840,"sku":"2940013922426","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013922426_p0.jpg?v=1763597156","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013922426","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}