It is a human tragedy when schools close due to a harmless spider | Patrick Barkham

Children are disconnected enough from nature as it is. By choosing fear over fact, these London schools only makes things worse

It should be a cause for celebration. In one of the most nature-denuded countries on the planet, in its most wildlife-starved city, on #worldanimalday, a rampaging creature caused the closure of four schools. Species other than humans are thriving in London!

What terrifying creature has caused four headteachers to close their schools? A tiger escaped from a zoo? Britain’s first wild wolf for four centuries? A mastodon going berserk after being reconstructed by mad scientists? The first great white shark to be spotted in the Thames?

Related: False widow spider infestations close four east London schools

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