Garden spider on a webby Katie W., 2nd Grade

1.  If you made a steel thread as fine as spider silk, silk would be 3 times stronger!
2.  Spiders are not insects.
3.  Garden spiders get rid of annoying insects. They are helpers.
4.  Did you know spiders shed? Yes, they do!
5.  Tip: If you find a spider, don’t kill it, set if free.
6.  Big spiders have fangs that point down.
7.  A spider can live underwater by using a bell shaped web.
8.  Just like starfish, spiders can grow a new leg if they lose one.

Amazing Spiders book coverThese facts came from my spider book, Amazing Spiders (Dorling Kindersley Eyewitness Junior Books).

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