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Per this article in The Economist, there are 25M metric tons of spiders in the world. Together they eat 400M to 800M metric tons of insects per year. That's the equivalent weight of all the human beings on the planet. That's a lot of spiders. And a hell of a lot more bugs.
Per this article in The Economist, there are 25M metric tons of spiders in the world. Together they eat 400M to 800M metric tons of insects per year. That's the equivalent weight of all the human beings on the planet. That's a lot of spiders. And a hell of a lot more bugs.
I like spiders. Whenever I see them at home, I leave them alone so they can do what they do best - eat insects.
Also, that's a lot of insects eaten.
For all you spider lovers out there...
- 21/03/2017 03:48:58 PM
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Growing up I had a pet tarantula.
- 21/03/2017 03:52:53 PM
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Why not cut out the middle man and just have all the worlds spiders eat all the worlds humans?
- 21/03/2017 04:28:30 PM
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I wouldn't care if they ate every single insect and also poisonous snakes...
- 21/03/2017 05:42:05 PM
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*NM*