How much spiders do we eat

I thumped the spider to the floor, and smashed it with my shoe. By this point, I was fully awake, and had the "willies". I thought I would do a quick google search to see if this is a common occurance. I guess it is! I don't know why it crawled onto my face, but it is rather cool tonight. Maybe it was looking for someplace warm, and my face happened to be it.

Regardless, it freaked me out. Maybe I could purchase a face mask Sleepless in FL!!!! Maaany tonnes of these creepy crawlie bugs duuuude they're waay trippy maaaan. Sometimes I think it's gods way of stickin' it to the man, man! Roy Bottomley, Corazon de Oro Portugal This is legitimate: I conducted an experiment in the early s on my five year old daughter. My conclusion was that approximately one spider is swallowed during sleep each week.

Doctor J. Hestler, Jerusalem, Israel Dying by choking on a spider would be a dumb way to die. If spiders are prevalent where you are the odds would increase that you would eat spiders.

Most insects are not harmful to eat and are a good source of protein. We digest them in our lives through processed foods and worse than spiders make their way into the mix. We are more apt to swallow spiders and other insects while we are awake though than while sleeping as we are on the move and not dependent on them to come to us. It is nothing to worry about in most cases. Since during some nights I wake up out of nowhere, and happen to find a baby spider dangling on it's web, hanging from my ceiling, near my FACE.

I suppose they're daddy long legs, because that is common in my household. Or a black widow, because we find those too sometimes. Besides why would it matter? I hear that there are insect legs in chocolates, plus people around countries eat fried insect. Which I find really disgusting. It was very difficult to get out. Geordie Allan, Newcastle I woke up to feel like something was crawling down my throat. Maybe it was a spider, maybe not.

Treacy Jackson, Denver, Colorado, US I often leave a small piece of cheese in the corner of my mouth to attract spiders. I just love the way they tickle inside. It's been recently tested and proven. And has even ended up on hit shows like MythBusters Grace, San Diego America I'm waiting for a spider to crawl in my mouth because the other night, whilst sleeping, I swallowed a fly :-s Jay Wheeler, Durham, England After reading all this stuff I never want to sleep again.

I once found a huge black spider under my pillow. I screamed the place down, scared as hell, I really do hope that it's not true. I have swallowed two Daddy Longlegs before on different occasions while awake - I was running and they just flew into my mouth; felt sick afterwards. It was a money spider dancing on my spoon. I thought it might be good luck. It wasn't. It tasted like gone-off liquorice. I hate liquorice.

Paul, Blackpool Lancs I ate a spider, more specifically,. I know. I live in a house surrounded by oak trees, and my hubby and I had been getting bit and sick from a big spider judging by the fang placement on skin while we were sleeping. One morning I woke up feeling a little nauseas and like I ate something that didn't go all the way down, and I looked on the mirror thinking of the spider and saw a long segment of a spider leg in the groove between my front teeth.

I got him!!! True story, approx. One year ago. Sweet dreams. Roe, Indianapolis Usa What is all this about urban legends? Is it really that hard to believe that you could possibly consume 4 spiders in your whole entire lifetime while you're asleep?

That's possibly over 90 years. Just because it's not factual doesn't mean it's not possible. Kate, Cambridge England I read all of this and I laughed I didn't read all but I like the fake Medical Examiner.

His made up conclusions that it was in their sleep had me fuming but it was all made up. I like the part about the myth; spiders use their web to come down from the ceiling to drink your spit!

That was how I heard they got in your mouth! So hilarious. It is just picking on man's best friend, in the small creature worldthey consume more insects than all other insectivores. Take that any way you like. Toney IV, Houston, Tx. United States What Roman said is exactly what I thought. You breathe in the direction of a spider and it runs away. Now think when you're sleeping, you are constantly breathing through your mouth or nose. If a spider goes towards your mouth, no matter which way you are breathing, it will feel the breath and clear off.

Also if a spider would climb into your mouth and also it's too wet in your mouth- spiders never go into wet places-just damp at most surely it would climb into your nose or ear too? But how often do you blow your nose and see spider parts? I highly doubt it is often. I'm sure that it's likely to happen at least once in your life but as for even once or twice a year? I highly doubt it.

It is not a common thing to happen. Plus spiders linger around more still, dead-like things or places. It's not common to find spiders in your bed when you are or have been sleeping on it. Hell, even if I leave my bed for several weeks when I'm on holiday, so far I have never seen a spider on it dead or alive. They clearly prefer room corners or tight secluded areas, generally cold or a bit damp. Just my observation. God Bless the USA!!!!

Vonnie, Ft Oglethorpe GA USA i myself am not a huge fan of spider, if i see the odd one in my room im not going to go up and have a chat with it, but reading all this stuff has made me never want to sleep again,yes its never bothered me before, until a spider got loose in my room, and my only conclusion is that i ate him and now hes missing,most of the facts people have posted have scared me stupid.

Sinead, donaghmede dublin Well it is actually true but these spiders are called common house spiders, if you open your mouth one time they may or may not crawl in but you only eat 8 per year. Thats what people say Alicia, oklahoma As much as I would like to say that we don't "eat" spiders in our sleep, I think we do. I hate spiders with a passion! It really freaked me out to wake up with one on my pillow right next to me. I hope to never experience that again! It was quite tasty actually..

I just believe that its a myth. You eat more spiders in a Milky Way candy bar than you do in your sleep. Ryan, Long Island, New York USA It is just plainly unbelievable that such insignificant information generates such a plethora of responses, waste of time, and volumes of analysis. Sure, some people sleep that way, but not everyone. No open mouth, no swallowed spiders. Second, the spiders have to get in your bed. The odds are pretty clearly stacked against you swallowing any one spider, let alone multiple ones over the years.

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Mobile Newsletter chat avatar. Mobile Newsletter chat subscribe. Wild Animals. Spiders are creepy and crawling, but their choice of residence isn't necessarily your mouth -- especially while you're sleeping. You absolutely can eat spiders. Specifically, in Cambodia people eat a fried Asian tarantula called ah pieng. It's said to taste a bit like fried prawns. Live: Title Now playing. Added to queue. Removed from queue.

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