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Atherton.
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Yes, Dr Atherton.
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I'm Ross Jennings.
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I'm a general practitioner, and I...
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I have a problem
that may be spider- related.
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You seem to be the foremost authority
on the West Coast.
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Or any coast, for that matter.
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Dr Jennings, let me tell you that
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every so often in a little town somewhere
there is a health scare,
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some unexplained outbreak,
and spiders make convenient culprits.
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Did you know that on every suburban acre
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there are at least 50 to 60,000 spiders?
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And that each spider eats
about 100 insects per year?
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That means at least 5 million insects
are consumed per acre annually.
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Think about it, doctor.
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Perhaps man might find the planet
uninhabitable without spiders.
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Dr Atherton,
I have nothing against spiders.
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It's just we have had three deaths
in my town
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and I'm afraid
there's going to be some more.
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If you could lend me your expertise,
forjust an afternoon...
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We're really not that far from you.
It's a town called Canaima.
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You know it?
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It's familiar.
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Let me see what I can do.
Where are you exactly?
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Collins?
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- Sorry.
- Are you equally busy tomorrow?