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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Stan Schultz" data-source="post: 191572" data-attributes="member: 28438">1) What would a hybrid look like? <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Man" target="_blank">Peter Parker</a> overdoing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anabolic_steroid" target="_blank">anabolic steroids</a>!2) Ah! But we do molt! Our skin flakes off constantly. Somewhere, ages ago, I read that up to half the dust in our homes may be microscopic, human, skin flakes! Yikes! But, please don't quote me! That's not a scientifically verified statement. And please don't tell your mother, or she won't let you on the furniture ever again! <roflmao>The major differences between us and tarantulas is that while we molt virtually all the time, tarantulas do so in well defined episodes. And, while our exuvium comes apart in dust-like bits, the tarantula's exoskeleton is designed to come off periodically and in one piece.See "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_skin" target="_blank">Human Skin</a>," "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desquamation" target="_blank">Desquamation</a>," and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecdysis" target="_blank">Ecdysis</a>" for more information.But your point is well taken. Creepy, indeed!</blockquote>