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Sir David on spiders: spinning charm

WHEN the British royal tots interviewed Sir David Attenborough in October last year, the conversation between Princess Charlotte and the knighted naturalist went something like this:

Charlotte: “Hello David Attenborough, I like spiders. Do you like spiders too?”

Attenborough: “I love spiders and I’m so glad you like them, I think they’re wonderful things. Why is it that people are so frightened of them?

“I think it’s actually because they’ve got eight legs which is much more than us

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