Spider Science!
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.
These facts came from my spider book, Amazing Spiders (Dorling Kindersley Eyewitness Junior Books).
If you have any questions or comments about spiders, please write to me in the comment area below or email me!
Nice article, Katie! I have a question: if spiders aren’t insects, what ARE they? And I have a suggestion about how to set a spider free without touching it. You can put a glass over it, and then carefully slide a piece of paper under it. Then lift the glass and paper up, carry it outside and shake the spider out.
They’re Archnids. hey, that’s a great idea! I was afraid of them.. Once there was a spider about to land on my head! Isn’t that funny?! Of corse I was playing video games. And I looked up and screamed, ‘MOM! THERES A SPIDER ON MY HEAD!’
She just said ‘it’s just a wood spider.’ I said will it bite me??? ‘No’ said mom ‘will a house spider bite me??? ‘No’ said mom, so have a great day! I LOVE PUBLISHING CLUB!!!!!!
That’s a funny story about the spider on your head. I love reading what you publish!
Yeah it is! (The spider was NOT on MY head) Thank you!