I do not swallow eight spiders a year in my sleep, and neither does anyone else. The familiar statistic survives as a viral scare line, not as a finding from sleep labs or arachnology research. By ...

Do you really eat spiders in your sleep? According to experts, no, we do not. Researchers are unsure where the rumor that we eat 8 spiders per year in our sleep came from. Most spiders are not toxic ...

As the temperatures drop, you may notice some extra visitors in your home - of the eight-legged variety. Whether you’re a friend of spiders or foe, the idea of spiders near the space we sleep can be ...

The claim sounds precise enough to pass as true. Eight spiders a year, eaten while asleep. It’s the kind of fact people insist they picked up in school or heard repeated often enough to trust. The ...

According to the Associated Press, researchers videotaped and observed baby jumping spiders at night to see if they sleep and they actually learned that these spiders sleep in patterns similar to ...