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    Spiders

    Apr 22, 2022 3 minutes
    EDITED BY
    SANDRA VISSER

    MANY people find them creepy and nasty, but spiders are more scared of you than you are of them. They’re not aggressive and would rather run away and hide than attack you. They also play an important role in the ecosystem as predators that keep the insect population under control. Let’s find out more.

    WHAT ARE SPIDERS?

    Spiders are scientifically classified as follows: Biological kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Arthropod

    Class: Arachnida

    Genus: Araneae Arthropods are invertebrate (without a spine) animals with an (skeleton on the outside of their bodies instead of inside), a and .

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