With all the fuss about the new Spiderman movie, a spider story from the real world caught my attention:

ALBANY, Ore. – These guys weren’t exactly Snap, Crackle and Pop. What began as a faint popping in a 9-year-old boy’s ear — “like Rice Krispies” — ended up as an earache, and the doctor’s diagnosis was that a pair of spiders made a home in the ear.
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“They were walking on my eardrums,” Jesse Courtney said.

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I’m guessing the next time this lad complains of something, the response will be to get to the doctor ASAP…..I don’t have any natural dislike for spiders, but this story makes me shiver!