Rescuing insects from spider webs

Agree with @sedgequeen that this is an amoral issue. However, I’ve also rescued a baby Western Fence Lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis) partially stuck in a Western Black Widow (Latrodectus hesperus)'s web. I’m not sure if it’s because it was much larger than the spider or that I found the lizard to be closer to the “cute” end of an icky vs cute scale than the spider or that I have more empathy/bitterness after being bit by one.

Edit: Not saying either of these is cuter/more deserving. I think both are worthy of appreciation, just looking at split-second, in-the-moment thinking, something akin to implicit bias for natural world?

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