Apparently, at the latest estimate there are 8.7 million species which would take about 1000 years to count and catalogue. This image is of a Darwin's Bark Spider that spins the largest webs in the world with the strongest biological material known to humankind and 10 times stronger that Kevlar. I hope this is the 8.7 millionth creature I meat and that it would take me 1000 years to meet it.
However it got me thinking, what animals, bacteria, fungi etc would you like to meet? In celebration of the diversity of the world, let's litanise creation. I'd put on the list this spider even though it scares the breath out of me... and you... what would you add.
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