Lots of people freak out at the sight of a spider, but we bet you'll freak out even more when you see what happens after someone tries to kill this eight-legged arachnid.
When this little boy’s father tells him that a bug caught in a spiderweb isn’t going to ever be able to escape, the boy naively responds that he thinks the bug’s “mommy has to come and get him out.” It’s a touching reminder of how the innocence of childhood can stand up to even the starkest cruelty of the natural world.
Spider and Jurassic are two words that shouldn't be together.
Scientists have just discovered the world's largest 8-legged creature from the Jurassic period.
The 165 million-year-old female spider is part of the Golden Orb Weavers -- a family of spiders that still exist today -- and has a leg span of nearly six inches.