Swallow how many spiders a year

Swallowing even one spider while sleeping in your lifetime would be noteworthy, so eight a year is about as far-fetched as it gets. Well, for one thing we usually sleep with our mouths closed.

And if our mouths are open, we are likely snoring, and that would be enough to keep spiders at bay, according to Scientific American. In general, our sleeping bodies are not an inviting environment for spiders. We move in our sleep, and sometimes we snore and make other noises. And we're always breathing and our hearts are always beating, even in the deepest of slumbers. All of these activities create vibrations, and these vibrations are like warning signals for spiders, Scientific American reports.

Spiders experience the world through vibrations, and the vibrations we create — whether awake or asleep — tell the spider to stay away. We aren't an inviting part of the landscape for them. Even if we were, and spiders regularly crawled over our bodies in our sleep, all but the deepest of sleepers would probably be awoken by the feeling of a spider crawling across the face, according to Scientific American.

Learn More. Become a member Experience even more. A membership pays for itself in 3 visits! Join today Learn more. Just want tickets? Continue to general admission tickets page. Buy tickets Looking for a special event? View calendar. Three or four spider species live in most North American homes, and they all tend to be found either tending their webs or hunting in nonhuman-infested areas.

Spiders also have no interest in humans. More than anything, spiders probably find sleeping humans terrifying. A slumbering person breathes, has a beating heart and perhaps snores—all of which create vibrations that warn spiders of danger.

From the standpoint of human biology, the oral spider myth also seems ridiculous. Plus, many people would likely be awakened by the sensation of a spider crawling over their faces and into their mouths. There might actually be another layer of BS to this urban legend. Many stories that debunk the spider statistic point to an article written in the early s about misinformation on the early World Wide Web as its origin.

The article on the spider story at Snopes. Fear not.