Stop Squishing Your Friendly House Spiders. Okay, Thanks.

There's nothing quite as terrifying as coming face to face with a hairy, scary spider. One's first instinct is usually to shriek and reach for the nearest shoe/book/vacuum cleaner. But there's one excellent reason you should lay down your weapons and let that spider live. Now, hear us out. Lord knows spiders haven't amassed the greatest reputation over the years. Aside from Charlotte and the spider that bit Peter Parker, arachnids get zero love in pop culture. In movies, they usually look like ...