Today is National Save A Spider Day! (Not making that up, Google it!) So I'm going to be very obnoxious about it. My love for these animals is paradoxical. On the one hand, I think they are beautiful, fascinating and not at all scary or creepy. On the other hand, I know that a number of people do find them scary and creepy, and I use that to great and amusing effect come Halloween-time. ;)
You should know that spider silk is awesome and you should know facts about it.
Charlotte's Web is my favorite book of all time. My love of spiders, as well as a lot of what I learned early on about friendship, loyalty, death and saying goodbye, persever