Spiders

By Leslie Brown

Tarantulas have been given a bad name, but they do not deserve it. They can be scary by association because they are portrayed as killers. We think of tarantulas as hairy spiders with many long legs and a deadly bite—and we fear them. It is an unnecessary fear. Tarantulas are actually quite gentle creatures, essentially a harmless type of spider, and are only dangerous when frightened. They are not aggressive in the way we think they are.