WEBVTT - Do We Really Swallow Spiders in Our Sleep?

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Brainstuff, a production of I Heart Radio, Hey

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<v Speaker 1>brain Stuff, lorn Boga bam here. Have you ever heard

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<v Speaker 1>that we humans swallow an average of eight spiders each

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<v Speaker 1>year while we sleep, or that the average person swallows

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<v Speaker 1>fifty two spiders over the course of a lifetime. These

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<v Speaker 1>so called facts are so widespread that it may be

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<v Speaker 1>hard to believe that they're completely inaccurate. The fact is,

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<v Speaker 1>the odds of swallowing even a single spider over your

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<v Speaker 1>entire lifetime are so low that their virtually zero. It's

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<v Speaker 1>extremely unlikely that a spider would even approach a sleeping human,

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<v Speaker 1>much less crawl into their open mouth and wait to die.

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<v Speaker 1>While just one in four people admit to a fear

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<v Speaker 1>of spiders and insects, spiders are generally much more afraid

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<v Speaker 1>of you than you are of them. Think about it.

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<v Speaker 1>The spider uses vibrations to sense danger, as sleep in

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<v Speaker 1>human is nothing but noise and vibration, from your breath

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<v Speaker 1>and heartbeat to tossing and turning, to snores, snorts, and

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<v Speaker 1>other sounds. Everything about a human even at rest, signals

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<v Speaker 1>for spiders to steer clear, giving them no incentive to

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<v Speaker 1>creep into your bed during the night. They prefer to

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<v Speaker 1>hang out in quiet, unoccupied parts of the home and

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<v Speaker 1>spend their time attending to their webs. Um But what

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<v Speaker 1>if you happen to come into contact with a spider

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<v Speaker 1>whose ability to sense vibrations is off. Sure, it's possible

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<v Speaker 1>that a spider that was going against every natural instinct

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<v Speaker 1>could find its way into your mouth, but it's still

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<v Speaker 1>extremely unlikely. At First, you'd have to have your mouth

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<v Speaker 1>open while you snooze, which is far from a universal trait. Next,

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<v Speaker 1>you'd have to find a way to sleep through the

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<v Speaker 1>sensation of a spider crawling its way across your face

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<v Speaker 1>and into your mouth. Finally, you'd have to actually swallow

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<v Speaker 1>while sleeping, which is not automatically going to happen. Hopefully,

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<v Speaker 1>the spider would change its mind or get bored and

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<v Speaker 1>crawl back out of your mouth before the stars got

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<v Speaker 1>align enough for all of these events to occur. There

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<v Speaker 1>is not a single reliable report anywhere in the scientific

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<v Speaker 1>or medical literature to prove that anyone has ever swallowed

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<v Speaker 1>a spider while sleeping, much less eight per year. That

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<v Speaker 1>being said, you absolutely can eat spiders. Your body will

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<v Speaker 1>digest it just like any other food that you eat.

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<v Speaker 1>Cambodian cuisine includes a dish of fried tarantula that's said

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<v Speaker 1>to taste a bit like fried prawns. Today's episode is

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<v Speaker 1>based on the article do we really Swallow Spiders in

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<v Speaker 1>our sleep? On how stuffworks dot Com? Written by Bambi Turner.

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