Eight legged
arachnid. Fond of eating pesky
insects like
mosquitoes and
houseflies.
Small ones can be
cute.
Big ones tend to crawl up to you when you least expect it, causing you to
leap into the
air,
shriek hilariously, and
whack them with whatever
blunt object is nearby. All spiders use
venom to subdue and kill their prey, but some spiders, like the
brown recluse (or
fiddleback), the
black widow (or
damn scary-looking big-butt spider), and the
funnel-web (or
Australian super-deadly spider from Hell) can be
lethally
venomous to humans.
It's also that
weird short song by
They Might Be Giants, featuring such
dandy lyrics as "He is our
hero", "Must...
stop...", "
Step on Spider!", "
We love you, Spider!", "I promise not to
kill you", and "
Oohhhh!", usually all in the same
verse. It's fun to perform these lyrics in
public, as long as you're
drunk, with
friends, and not worried about being
invited back.