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Australia’s Scary Spiders
The Infinite Monkey Cage
Is There an Evolutionary Basis for Spiders and Spiders?
There could be an evolutionary basis for a fear of spiders and snakes. But I think that most of the behaviour we see is really copying other people. Is there a component of the fact that they have a strange body plan? They are very, very different to us. Could you outline the basic body plan, just briefly with a spider? You've got the segments and the described as spider. And then, do you come in when you feel it might be necessary or not? It's a real good test, isn't it? No, you start. If a spider has eight legs and eight eyes, how many penises does that?"
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