To some they’re charming, to others they’re creepy.
(And no, it’s most certainlynot capable of killing you.)
Now scientists have done something with one species of the house-dwelling spider you’ve certainly never seen before.
They’ve created “daddy short legs” specimens by tweaking the creatures' genes.
Thestudy is publishedin the latest issue of the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
The research team hopes the work will facilitate the development of more sophisticated tools for functional genetics.
That sequel to Arachnophobia will have to wait.
