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Funny Tunisia living here has been so easy I forget that I am not home sometimes, but from time to time you get little things that remind you your not in Norwich anymore.

Today in my office I have a new friend to protect me from the flies.

He/she is a little Menemerus silver (i think correct me if I am wrong) which is a little jumping spider.

What makes this one special is that for some reason he/she seems to love me and keep jumping all over my desk.

Even stranger is that he/she disappears when I get the camera but I will try and get a photo once get a chance.

Below is a image from the net which looks like the same species.

http://opencage.info/pics/files/200_8295.jpg

I do not like spiders but I like them more than flying cockroaches (I had one land on my face once whilst on the phone and screamed like a little girl) but this little one is very different as it is furry squat and positively friendly/brave.

Naturally after my interaction I Wikipedia'd my new pet and discovered that they can jump 50 times the length of their body using a system of internal hydraulics.