Despite Little Miss Muffet's well-documented confrontation, most spiders are quite harmless--except to smaller bugs. In THE BOOK OF THE SPIDER, spider specialist Paul Hillyard explores the engaging world of arachnids--especially the funny and often absurd ways in which humans respond to more than 35,000 known species of spiders. Covering the complete spider spectrum, from folklore and myths to ancient scientific studies to techno-spiders building webs in outer space, the author reveals a captivating social history of the most misunderstood of God's creatures.
THE BOOK OF THE SPIDER
answers a number of questions, both obvious and obscure, all fascinating:
How can humans forecast weather by observing a spider's actions?
Why is black-widow venom more dangerous than a rattlesnake bite?
Why are spiderwebs often used to dress wounds and coagulate blood?
What's the best cooking method for spider a la carte?
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 208 pages 216 mm x 135 mm Arachnophobia has its origins deep in the human psyche and has been commemorated in film, in legend, in art and in nursery rhyme. This book has been designed as an instructive and entertaining antidote to the irrational fear of creepy crawlies , commenting on some of the 35,000 known species of arachnid, including spiders which live at 22,000 feet on Mount Everest, spiders which fly and spiders which can be found under the sea. Seller Inventory # 000832
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. London. Hutchinson. 1994. First Edition/First Printing. (1 in number line on copyright page). Hard Cover. Red boards with gilt spine titles. Decorated endpapers. Lavishly illustrated in glossy colour photographs and other drawings in the text. Illustrations of spiders on most pages as chapter headers and footers. 196pp. A study of all things arachnid, by the curator of the Natural History Museum. Seller Inventory # FEB27006