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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Frogdaddy" data-source="post: 185962" data-attributes="member: 31041">This is simply another case of the media playing to the lowest common denominator. I have no doubt the author has a fear and/or hatred of spiders. The author makes the claim that the spiders developed their strong venom for use on humans despite the fact they were really targeting potential predators such as birds, rodents, and lizards and the quote from the researcher saying it was evolutionary coincidence. This IMO is just another biased author with an axe to grind playing into peoples fears. I believe I read another similar article recently about NW T's and how their venom was much more effective on vertebrates as opposed to the spiders insect pret.</blockquote>