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Astronomy is a dangerous pasttime!
Don't fancy spiders either, but my bigger concern is snakes.
I live out in the sticks, which is great for the dark sky, but also great for beasties.
Within 20 metres of my prime skywatching spot I've found a 4 foot eastern brown snake (the deadly one), a couple of little green tree snakes and 5+ foot carpet snake (in the chook house, nearly picked it up by mistake) - not to mention the redback with a body the size of a large pea I found in the shed.
Nothing untoward has happened to me stargazing yet. But sitting out there by myself in the middle of the night watching the stars, I often wonder what's watching me!!
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