By Chao Jimmy Wu
Created For International Baccalaureate CAS Project (Project Tigrosa) 12 January 201 An Unconventional and Foolish Fear
While many celebrities, the media, and even schooling express to people of all ages about the negativity of insects and arachnids, !e have so much to learn from them. Just 'no!ing that a spider has the ability to give restrictive, charismatic, and giving maternal care closes the distance bet!een us, the primates, and the arthropods. While many obdurate people argue that spiders are simply revolting, venomous, fearful and serve no purpose, the truth is never so much the opposite. (or example, of the over )*** species of spider native to North $merica, only four to five of them are able to deliver a medically significant bite. +et despite the lo! ratio, !e as people have over reacted to our spider neighbors. No!, pest control programs have extended their control of coc'roaches, flies, and mos,uitoes to spiders. -uch a shameless act on our part for !e have destroyed our best friends, best protectors, and best forms of control.
Without spiders, our real pest populations !ill rise, our crops be become damaged, our prices !ill rise and our economy !ill fall. With this, hunger !ill continue to gro! beyond !hat is controllable by people. Without spiders alone, it is estimated that humans cannot survive for more than five years simply from the overpopulation of other pests. #hin' about that. Would anyone !ant a pest ridden