'Shudders'
I did a six month tour in Belize about 11 years ago. Christ, you should see the spiders in the jungle. They spin their webs between plants, along paths in the jungle, and then wait for flying critters to get trapped in the web.
Strange thing is, they always seened to be right at face height to me (5' 8"), and where about 8" across including the legs. Horrible beasties. But thats where a really, really sharp knife comes in to play.
