There are over 34,000 species of spider world-wide (except Antarctica). Almost all are fanged and venomous. Lucky for us, less than 0.5% are able to penetrate human skin and, of those, only a handful are considered dangerous. Most spiders are shy and not naturally aggressive, most bites occurring when the spider is provoked or trapped. However, more spiders are being kept as exotic pets and occasionally they turn up unexpectedly in supermarket fruit shipments.

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