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The Eight Legged Terror
media type="file" key="christiang-muckraker-2011.mp3" What is possible the creepiest thing to ever walk this earth? What has 8 legs. beady eyes and fangs that can bite and possibly inject venom? You guessed it, spiders. They are the ugliest creepiest things that I have ever known. You never know when they could be lurking around in your house until you either see them hanging there or quickly darting from place to place to avoid being seen. Not only that but some of these sneaky creatures are poisonous and can kill you with just one bite. So the best thing i found to do when you see a spider is...kill it.

I've never really known what compels people to buy a pet spider. I mean seriously, who wants a big, creepy looking spider hanging out in their room when they get home from school? They feed the thing insects and watch it suck the blood of them and cocoon the insects. Then what's even worse is when they take the stupid thing out and pet it like its some sort of tame pet. If that thing escapes from your hand and comes within my personal bubble i guarantee you I will kill it. Either that or run away and hope it isn't some super fast spider that can run a 4:36 mile.....

One of the things I dislike doing the most is when you can't see under something, its been sitting there for a long time and you have to reach under it. Just the other day i had to do that and after picking it up and placing it on the truck guess what I found? A huge black widow just waiting for someone to put their hand in the wrong place at the wrong time. I was super relieved that I hadn't touched it and so in gratitude I ended up killing it. Ya everyone's happy! Except of course the spider...oh well.

So I get how spiders are good and all by eating insects and controlling the amount of insects but did they really have to be made so creepy? They could have been shaped like a bat or something which isn't nearly as scary. And fangs should never have been invented, end of story. Basically, I hate spiders.