
The weekend is over, we got a few snowflakes, and the feral cats have been eating a lot. That got me thinking about something I read a while back, and recently. The articles stated that, in theory, spiders could kill every human on earth in a year. That just didn’t ring true to me so I wondered.
One problem with that is, wouldn’t people start taking precautions after others started dying? Most people would start killing any spider they saw, and unless millions banded together most could handle the attack. We do know a few who couldn’t kill a spider, even if it meant dying themselves but the numbers can’t be that high.
And since we know just enough to be dangerous about feral cats, wouldn’t they just eat the spiders? Not sure how many feral cats there are in the world so it may be a challenge. Even if the cats only ate 10% of the homicidal spiders it would have to make a difference. At least it should better the odds of some of us not becoming dinner.
What about birds? They eat bugs and perhaps could dine on few. I’ve seen a few birds who are pretty good at catching bugs and they don’t let them go once they got them. Weird subject yet I can’t help how my brain works. If nothing else it would really help those businesses who sell pesticides. So enjoy our Monday, and don’t think about spiders anymore.