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A collection of documents on the conservation and legislative issues surrounding the keeping and collecting of Spiders, and their venomosity and tratement of the bites in southern Africa.

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Spider bite and its treatment in southern Africahot! 02/14/2008 Hits: 8271

A phenomenon of human behaviour is mortal fear of small creatures with many legs. In many cases, these creatures could comfortably fit on a thumb-nail; but for the fact that the human wouldn’t let them near enough to try out any nail.

Perhaps the reason for this fear lies in the occasionally fatal nature of the bite of a minority of some classes of these creatures.

Protected Arachindshot! 10/09/2008 Hits: 1329

NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: BIODIVERSITY ACT, 2004 (ACT 10 of 2004) gives protection to listed animal and plant species that have been deemed Critically Endangered, Endangered, Vulnerable or Protected. This document illustrates South Africa's protected Arachnids. Pictures and descriptions of all protected arachnids.