Would these have killed me? (spiders)
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Arrggghhhh!!!!! I'm going to Africa to live next week.
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fixed.
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Your not a real man until you've been bitten by a black widow and turned up to poison control with a strawberry milkshake and casual beach attire
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I see black widows everywhere, My area is known for both it's black widow population and Timber rattle snakes which have crossed the border from Nothern Fla.
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by banana spiders you mean wandering spiders?
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Your not a real man until you've been bitten by a black widow and turned up to poison control with a strawberry milkshake and casual beach attire
What if it's a nude beach? turn up at poison control in the buff?
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All spiders everywhere are venomous. That's how they kill or subdue their prey. However, no UK are species are dangerous to humans.
None of those spiders could have killed you. If you had a reaction to the venom, then you may have needed to go to hospital, but you wouldn't die
Brazilian wandering spiders (Phoneutria spp.) are extremely dangerous. There have been reports of them coming in with fruit but this is very rare. Saying that though, I actually saw one that had been found in a shop and brought to a show to be identified. It was most definitely a Phoneutria spp. They are extremely aggressive too. Scarily enough, it had been transported there in a thin plastic cricket box (which it could have likely chomped its way out of very easily if it had a mind to)
Many more harmless species come in with fruit shipments.
The only venomous snake in the UK is the adder, Vipera berus.
Funnily enough, we had a phone call from one of the local vets earlier this evening as some kids had found a snake on some local heathland, and they didn't know what it was or what to do with it. The vet had been called and she had it in a pot in her airing cupboard
Fortunately for both the kids and the vet, it was a non venomous corn snake. I dread to think what could have happened if it was something else.
None of those spiders could have killed you. If you had a reaction to the venom, then you may have needed to go to hospital, but you wouldn't die
Brazilian wandering spiders (Phoneutria spp.) are extremely dangerous. There have been reports of them coming in with fruit but this is very rare. Saying that though, I actually saw one that had been found in a shop and brought to a show to be identified. It was most definitely a Phoneutria spp. They are extremely aggressive too. Scarily enough, it had been transported there in a thin plastic cricket box (which it could have likely chomped its way out of very easily if it had a mind to)
Many more harmless species come in with fruit shipments.
The only venomous snake in the UK is the adder, Vipera berus.
Funnily enough, we had a phone call from one of the local vets earlier this evening as some kids had found a snake on some local heathland, and they didn't know what it was or what to do with it. The vet had been called and she had it in a pot in her airing cupboard
Fortunately for both the kids and the vet, it was a non venomous corn snake. I dread to think what could have happened if it was something else.
No they don't. They have eight legs. The first pair are pedipalps. Sensory organs
They are arachnids.
No they don't. They have eight legs. The first pair are pedipalps. Sensory organs
They are arachnids.
huh cool.
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This thread = me feeling very sick
looks like a wolf spider to me, fairly common but can reach 7-8 cm.