It is doubtful if there is a more horrible way to die than in the mandibles of a Spiderwitch. It very carefully coats its victim in an acidic, nauseating fluid that begins by eating away the skin and then, with excruciating lentitude, turns the flesh into porridgelike, readily digestible sludge. The victim experiences unendurably as his bones are... Except by water. Remarkably enough, only ordinary spring, rain or tap water is capable of neutralising the adhesive properties of the Spiderwitch's secretion.