Letter: Spider man

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Letter to the Editor

Recently your paper contained the article “Worldwide Web of Spiders” written by Dr. Reese Halter. In it he claims three times that spiders are poisonous. 

The problem is there’s not a single species of poisonous spider on earth! However every spider is venomous, although most pose no danger to humans. Spiders rely on enzymes in their venom to break down the internals of their prey. A spider that was poisonous would have no means to do so and would surely starve to death. 

Blake Dunn