>>
>> NO.
>> NO. >>4@ LISTEN TO THE EXPERTS THAT BETH McEVOY TALKED WITH4@ .
>> THEY ARE CARNIVORES, BUT WE
ARE OUTSIDE OF THEIR SIZE
RANGE, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO
WORRY ABOUT THEM THEY ARE
REALLY INTERESTED IN PRIMARILY
INSECTS AND SOMETIMES OTHER
SPIDERS AS WELL4@4@ .
>> CHARLENE DONAHUE IS A
RETIRED ENTOMOLOGIST FOR THE
MAIN FOR SERVICE.4@
SHE WORKS FOR MORE THAN A
DECADE WITH SCIENTISTS DANIEL
JENNINGS WHO RECENTLY PUBLISHED
A CHECKLIST THAT IDENTIFIES 677
DIFFERENT SPECIES OF SPIDERS
LIVING IN MAINE4@ .
>> SO THROUGH YOUR WORK YOU
WERE ABLE TO LOOK AT SPIDERS
FROM ALL OF THE COUNTIES IN
MAINE AND4@ YOU WERE ABLE TO
IDENTIFY HOW MANY DIFFERENT
SPECIES OF SPIDERS LIVE IN
MAINE AND HOW MANY WERE YOU AND
DR. JENNINGS ABLE TO ADD TO
WHAT WE KNEW?4@4@
>> IN THAT 14 YEARS, WE ADDED I
THINK 91 MORE SPECIES OF THESE
WERE NOT NEW TO SCIENCE.
THEY WERE PRIMARILY ONES THAT
THAT NO ONE HAD EVER RECORDED
THAT LIVED HERE BEFORE, SO THEY
WERE FOUND IN SURROUNDING
STATES AND PROVINCES.4@
BUT, WHEN DAN STARTED DOING
THIS WORK4@, IT WAS ONLY REALLY
ONE LIST OF4@ MAIN SPIDERS FROM
MOUNT DESERT ISLAND WITH 154
SPECIES ON IT.
SO, WITH HIM ADDING4@ A LIST OF
677 THAT HE REALLY INCREASE THE
KNOWLEDGE OF SPIDERS IN MAINE4@
>> MORE THAN 71,000 SPIDERS4@
WERE CAPTURED FOR THE
CHECKLIST, MOSTLY BY JENNINGS
WHO STARTED CATALOGING SPIDERS
IN THE 70s .
>> SPIDERS ARE A PASSION OF HIS
AS WELL AS PART OF HIS JOB.
SO HE AMASSED4@ A HUGE NUMBER O
SPIDERS SPECIMENS,4@4@. IN THE
FOR SERVICE AND INLAND
FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE THEY
FELT THAT IT WAS TOO IMPORTANT @
OF A PROJECT TO JUST DROP.
SO, WE FORMED A COLLABORATION.4
>> Reporter: DANIEL JENNINGS
DIED IN SEPTEMBER BEFORE THE
CHECKLIST WAS PUBLISHED4@4@ .
>> HE IS A WONDERFUL MAN, I'VE
KNOWN HIM DECADES 4@AND THEN4@
STARTED COLLABORATING ON THE
SPIDER PROJECTS. IT WAS JUST A
DELIGHTFUL AND HE WAS SO
EXCITED ABOUT SPIDERS4@ .
>> WHO DISCOVERED EACH SPIDER
AND WHEN AND WHERE4@ IS INCLUDE
ON THE CHECKLIST.
SOMEDAY BACK TO THE 1700S4@ .
>> I FIND THEM FASCINATING, TO
OBSERVE THEIR 4@BEHAVIORS.
>> Reporter: DANA WILDE WRITES
A COLUMN ABOUT THE NATURAL
WORLD FOR THE KENNEBEC JOURNAL
.
>> I THINK THEY ARE 4@REALLY
INTELLIGENT AND4@ I TRY TO GET
CAUGHT UP, WHAT IS THE 4@SPIDER
THINKING WHEN SHE IS WEAVING
THIS WEB AND HOW SHE SELECTED
THIS SITE TO BUILD THE WEB.
SEKI RECENTLY WROTE A 4@BOOK ABT
MAIN SPIDERS IN THE CHECKLIST
WAS NOT SURPRISING TO HIM4@ .
>> PRETTY MUCH ALL THE SPIDER
LITERATURE AND ALL THE SPIDER
PEOPLE WILL TELL YOU THAT THERE
ARE FAR MORE SPIDERS4@4@ THAN
ANYBODY KNOWS, THERE ARE
SPIDERS EVERYWHERE, THERE IS
PROBABLY A SPIDER WITHIN 3 FEET
OF WHERE YOU ARE SITTING RIGHT
NOW.
>> DANA, YOU ARE MAKING ME
UNEASY.4@
>> SPIDERS ARE NOW RAVAGING THE
PANIC STRICKEN COUNTRYSIDE4@ .
>> LONG BEFORE HOLLYWOOD USE
SPIDERS TO SCARE US, THE MERE
GLIMPSE OF ONE4@ COULD SEND SOM
PEOPLE OVER THE ED4@GE.4@4@
>> SPIDE4@RS CREEK PEOPLE OUT
BECAUSE THEY LOOK LIKE MONSTERS.
THEY ARE LIKE LITTLE TINY
MONSTERS WALKING AROUND4@, IT'S
SCARY TO LOOK AT THEM EVEN
THOUGH THEY ARE NOT BIG .
>>4@4@ THE EXPERTS SAY SPIDERS
ACTUALLY A GOOD THING4@.
>> FOR ALL TH4@E STUFF THAT'S
TRYING TO EAT YOUR 4@VEGETABLE
PLANTS THE SPIDERS ARE AFTER .
>>4@ THEY HELP MAINTAIN THE
BALANCE IN NATURE BETWEEN THE
INSECTS THAT EAT PLANTS4@ OR PE
INSECTS IN SOME WAY.
>>4@ 4@AFTER THE THINGS THAT AR
AFTER YOU.
>>4@ THEY ARE A VITAL PART OF
WHAT HAPPENS IN NATURE. 4@
>> THEY ARE YOUR FRIENDS.4@
>> AS FAR AS POISONOUS SPIDERS
GO, DONAHUE SAYS THERE ARE NONE
THAT LIVE IN MAINE4@4@4@, AT LE
THAT ARE KNOWN.
SOMETIMES POISONOUS SPIDERS GET
BROUGHT INTO THE STATE A
VEHICLE OR PRODUCT BUT ALMOST
ALWAYS GET KILLED AND DON'T
REPRODUCE.
IT'S VERY RARE FOR PEOPLE TO
EVER ENCOUNTER