However, the last benefit of jumping spiders is also a drawback: they don’t require a long-term commitment. Although most spiders are venomous, their venom is too weak to seriously hurt a human.
Kim the regal jumping spider has been trained to jump on demand Scientists have trained a spider to jump on demand. The diminutive arachnid, which they nicknamed Kim, can leap six times her body ...
The WSC, based at the Natural History Museum of Bern in the Swiss capital, said the 50,000th spider registered is the Guriurius minuano, which belongs to the Salticidae family of jumping spiders ...
Jumping spider bites are rare and not venomous, but they can cause redness, itching, stinging and swelling. These spiders earned their name due to their ability to jump between ten and 40 times their ...