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But Rod Crawford, arachnid curator at the Burke Museum, said "spiders probably find sleeping humans terrifying" because we "create vibrations that warn spiders of danger."
Main character in a popular series of German children's novels, later adapted into films and TV animated series. Mr. Mosquito Mosquito: Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot vs. the Mutant Mosquitos from Mercury: Dav Pilkey: The main antagonist of the book. He hates living on Mercury because the extreme temperatures ruin his everyday activities.
Diderot's Encyclopédie similarly cites butterflies as a symbol for the soul. A Roman sculpture depicts a butterfly exiting the mouth of a dead man, representing the Roman belief that the soul leaves through the mouth. [24] Indeed, the ancient Greek word for "butterfly" is ψυχή (psȳchē), which primarily means "soul" or "mind". [25]
One group of spiders that is fairly active this time of year that breaks this stereotype are the wolf spiders. More Nature News: Owls usher in the Halloween spirit with 'who-cooks-for-you' call
Chamrosh (Persian mythology) – body of a dog, head & wings of a bird; Cinnamon bird – greek myth of an arabian bird that builds nests out of cinnamon; Devil Bird (Sri Lankan) – shrieks predicting death; Gagana – a miraculous bird with an iron beak and copper claws; Gandabherunda – two-headed magical bird
The 1952 children's novel Charlotte's Web by E. B. White is notable in its portrayal of the spider in a positive manner [71] as a heroine [72] rather than an object of fear or horror. More recently, giant spiders have featured in books such as the 1998 fantasy novel Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling. [73]