Things You Didn't Know #1

I'm pretty sure I just saw a spider caught in his own web. He was thrashing around and behaving like his bedsheets were tangled around his neck.

Maybe it wasn't his web. Maybe he was visiting a mate and wasn't sure how to walk around on a web that wasn't his own.

Anyway, this is worth mention because spiders do not, in general, get caught in spider webs. That's because they're made of teflon.

It's a cruel fact of the trade that it takes over 400 spider hides to coat a single 14cm pan, with teflon.

Only the Japanese still do it. They herd the spiders into this secret cove (it's really difficult to get into the town there and filming is strictly prohibited) and once the spiders are all gathered together, foaming and frothing... wait...

I'll get back to you on the details.