Eeeeew!
(I hope you checked before you put your boots on. ... )
We have bloody enormous great barking (yes, they bark like a dog! ) bird-eating spiders (their webs are so strong, they catch birds!) here in Australia. Ain't that a fabulous advertisement for the Australian tourist industry? (NOT!) Doesn't it just make you want to rush on down to Oz for your next vacation? No? If it makes you feel any better, even though the barking bird-eating spiders do really catch birds in their webs (yeah, sea gulls!), they don't actually "eat" them per se. No. Technically, they can't eat them because their jaws are too small. So they suck all the juice out of the birds instead, and then flick the dried-out bird carcases outa their webs. No need to worry about them making a nest in your boot, 'cause their TOO BIG to fit into your boot!!! Ah, Australia, land of exotic fauna! Now you know why I sleep with a net over my bed!