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But a flat spider can't save you from Zika, Malaria, Yellow Fever, Rift Valley fever, Dengue, West Nile or Saint Louis Encephalitis, neither can save our pets from dog heartworm

So we need to sign some peace treaty with them, because the world would be a really dangerous place without spiders.

There are like 3000 spider species and less than 30 are dangerous for us. This is a really small percentage. the truth s that most spiders will break its fangs if would try to fight against our skin cheratin.

So maybe when we see the next spider at home we should identify it, realize that is a calm inoffensive species (99% of probabilities), give it some cm in a quiet corner and tell the children that is its personal friendly bodyguard monster (but unable to grant spiderman superpowers) and should be left alone doing the job.

Of course I would not advice to have brown recluse pets, but the spiders that eat brown recluses and will never ever quit their small corner in the window? well, is a better deal than having roundworms swimming in your lymph. Think about it.



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