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Good reason to be afraid?

Do we really swallow spiders in our sleep?

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Do we really swallow spiders in our sleep?

Do we really swallow spiders in our sleep?

This myth is based on a web of lies.

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Good reason to be afraid?

Good reason to be afraid?

This visage of this wolf spider, complete with prominent fangs, may be part of the...

Anthony Bannister/The Natural History Photographic Agency

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