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A Spider’s Extraordinary Consumption

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Oct 15, 1896

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 22, No. 41.

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A Spider’s Extraordinary Consumption

Commenting on the amount which a spider actually consumed during twenty-four hours, Sir J. Lubbock says: "At a similar rate of consumption, a man weighing 160 pounds will require a whole fat steer for breakfast, a steer and five sheep for dinner, and for supper two bullocks, eight sheep, and four hogs, and just before retiring, nearly four barrels of fresh fish."