I've always been amazed by spiders. I love to watch them spin their webs and catch their prey. I remember as a child we had lots of spiders in our garage and we would catch flies and other bugs and throw them into a web to see the spider come rushing out along the strands to plunge in the paralyzing digestive juices. It would then wrap the prey up in a nice little bundle, for a late-night snack.  Some spiders stay at the middle of a web that is stretched between branches or boards. Other spiders have a tunnel that disappears into a corner of a bush or a building. In either case, the spider stays at that center spot or waits at the mouth of the tunnel, waiting for the slightest movement of the web, indicating supper! 

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