Our mouth looks like a warm, moist cave full of carbon dioxide and steam.
The claim that each of us swallows an average of eight spiders in our sleep during the year is so well-established that no one questions whether it is true.
However, the reality is quite different, we do not swallow spiders at all.
There are several reasons why spiders do not disturb our sleep.
First of all, we are extremely large compared to them, so they see us as just part of the landscape.
Equally important, a spider wandering around a room perceives a sleeping person as an absolutely terrifying phenomenon, because usually when we sleep we make a lot of noise when we breathe.
These sounds create vibrations that spiders are extremely sensitive to. As a result, they will try in every way to avoid us.
While you think of the horrifying image of a spider entering your mouth, consider that for a spider to end up in our mouths, some almost unbelievable things would have to happen. The chances of a spider attacking or entering your mouth, even once, are almost zero.
There are thousands of different species of spiders and very few live in our homes. The ones that weave a web in our walls are mostly small and completely harmless. Our open, wet mouths are not attractive to spiders at all. They need oxygen too, so our open mouth would seem to them like a warm, humid cave full of carbon dioxide and steam.
If this ever happens, take comfort in the knowledge that the ingested spider will pass into stomach acid and die almost immediately, with no consequences for us. In fact, we would get a little more protein,” says Bill Scheer, professor emeritus of biology and past president of the Arachnological Society of America.
Experts admit that it is possible for a spider to enter our mouth while we sleep, but the chances are so small as to be negligible. If a spider were to climb onto your face while you were sleeping, the shock of eight tiny legs would surely wake us up very quickly.
They live in nets in quiet corners or inhabit areas where people spend little time, such as basements and attics. Unless spiders in your home are a nuisance or you suffer from severe arachnophobia, entomologists recommend leaving them alone.
Spiders are very useful because they eat smaller pests that can make our lives boring.
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