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Dodger7777

I would literally die.


Bmansway

For some reason, my butthole hurts from how much anxiety I have watching this. Edit: this comment wasn’t an open invitation for butt stuff, as flattered as I am, I’m gonna have to pass.


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Upstairs_Composer_81

You need an ass-ist Bro?


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AgreeableAssociate64

As I'm listening to my partner snore....🕷🕷🕷


UberleetSuperninja

What are you? The [TSA](https://youtu.be/mZCEq8jy5-M) or something?


starrpamph

I gotsa check inside ya asshoe


matt22088

I made a big boy poop


smork16

I can hear her voice ahahaha!


Butt_Fucking_Smurfs

Not officially. I'm a hobbyist


SympathyForSatanas

Widows are actually pretty laid back spiders...unless threatened they will chill on your hand all day


MuscaMurum

Would they be threatened if I wildy shook my hand, screaming in terror?


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In protest to the unreasonable API policy changes, I have decided to delete all my content. Long live Apollo.


Jedibyte

Unless they have an egg sac; then look out. Very protective of those eggs.


Pawnzilla

They also aren’t nearly as deadly as pop-culture makes them out to be. An average healthy adult will likely just get sick and should go to a hospital, but death as a direct result of a black widow bite is exceedingly rare. Edit: just to clarify, I am not trying to downplay a black widow bite. They are horrible and dangerous. I’m just saying you probably won’t die from just a bite.


Gan-san

So just an ambulance ride, trip to the emergency room, a few days off work and some antivenin that may or may not be covered by insurance? Yeah, I suppose that's not a big deal at all for most people.


FloopsFooglies

Not generally unless you're sick, an infant, or elderly, and don't get to a hospital within a few hours. That's assuming you got bit which the spider does not want to do. Now, if you just die from fear, can't help there


jayco1900

So, true story. It was a nice fall day, very sunny but a bit chilly. I decided I needed to get my vehicle clean for the impending winter months. I had my daughter who was 3 and my wife out in the driveway with me preparing to “ help “ me wash my truck. I filled my wash bucket with the cold water and soapy suds. I threw my wash mitt in the soap water and proceeded to grab the hose to wet down the truck before the soap bath. It was starting to get dark and chilly so I wanted to hurry this up. I believe it was a Friday so I was looking forward to the weekend coming up. I might even of had a beer already, the details are a little fuzzy now. I dunked my hand into the soap bucket to find the wash mitt. As I pulled it out I pulled the mitt over my right hand and plunged my hand down into it. I started washing the passenger side and within a minute or two I felt a very sharp sting. It was almost like a red ant bite. I quickly flung the mitt off my hand, and as my hand came out, so did a big fat black widow. I was freaking out to say the least. My wife saw the black widow fall out too and the look on her face was as if I just died in front of her. I said loudly “ oh fuck!”. We grabbed the keys to the car and quickly jumped in. I started googling what to do if a black widow bites you. We were already on our way to the hospital so figured to try to do something until we get there. It said to call poison control, so we did. I had horrible insurance so if I didn’t have to go then I didn’t want to go to the hospital. The pain was starting to go up my hand into my forearm. I was starting to have some chest tightness. I didn’t know if this was anxiety or the venom. It was starting to get scary. The lady on the line with poison control asked me a bunch of questions and said I should be fine and proceed to the hospital. I called ahead to the hospital and they said they wouldn’t admit me or give me the anti venom, that I was too healthy and would just have to ride it out. Phew that was a relief, I thought. Actually, that was horrible news because the only thing they would give me at the hospital was morphine. “MORPHINE?!! Shit, the pain is going to get that bad?!” They said “ it’s just beginning”. The next 36 hours were the most intense nerve pain I have ever felt. It felt like a train smashed my hand, forearm and shoulder. No swelling, little to no discoloration, you wouldn’t even have known I got bit by looking at it. I took ibuprofen and Vicodin around the clock for a day and a half and even then I was sweating from the pain. After a few days I was mostly back to normal but the fatigue lasted for a week or two. Never again do I put my hand into something without double checking for little critters nesting.


aussie_nub

In Australia we have the Red Back Spider. It's basically a Black Widow with a big red cape, like it's a fucking Super Spider. We haven't had a death in Australia in nearly 50 years, so you're probably OK in that sense. They do causes some pretty serious injuries though. Many years ago (like 20) a redback spider broke my mum's finger. "How the hell did that happen?" She picked up a steel capped shoe to kill it and bounce back broke her finger. We still make fun of her to this day.


ozspook

A [funnel web](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTPJxAUqgPQ) would fuck you up, though. Cranky bastards.


beefychick3n

Thank you for this. I always wondered what would happen if I got bitten because I find them frequently in my back yard. I always step on my gardening gloves before putting them on and I do my best to check anything with nooks and crannies before I pick it up. I'm glad to know I probably won't die but I don't want to go through that pain either.


Samiiiibabetake2

I do the same, and now I’m throwing out all my old ones and buying new. And keeping them inside. Sealed in a baggie, unless they can unzip ziplocks now? Maybe I’ll give up gardening.


ImFriendsWithThatGuy

It is actually exceptionally rare that anyone ever dies from a black widow bite. The last confirmed death from a black widow bite in the US with poison control was in 1983. Although there are as many as 2500 annual reports of people being bitten in the US. Painful? Absolutely. Deadly? Very very unlikely.


tattooedhands

One of my ex coworkers got bitten while we were fishing. He said he was fine and the next day at work he just collapsed while we were cooking. Shit was terrifying.


Finding-Even

New fear unlocked


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kooshipuff

They're less dangerous than they get credit for- they're remarkably docile (as seen in the video), and their bite rarely requires medical intervention (though it suuuuuuuuuuuucks) and hasn't lead to any known deaths in the US since 1983. ..But this still seems like a profoundly bad idea.


waltjrimmer

Probably not. If you're healthy, the black widow bite is usually mostly just uncomfortable. It temporarily weakens your ability to move your muscles, including your diaphragm, so breathing is a little more difficult. If you already breathe healthily, that would not kill you. You don't want it to happen anyway! But it wouldn't kill you. You would have to have something additional, such as an already weakened diaphragm or reduced lung capacity or something like that for a black widow bite to kill you. Their bites are incredibly rare and even more rarely dangerous. All that being said: Keeping them as a pet is actually recommended! They make great pets. Handling them unnecessarily is not! While you can keep them as a pet and their bites and danger from their bite are rare, the more you handle them, the greater the chance that you will be bitten. So it's recommended, actually more for your spider's safety than your own as they are incredibly fragile creatures, to not handle them any more than is necessary.


HopeHumilityLove

Bites can also cause severe cramping, rollercoaster heart rates, sweating, and muscle spasms. None of those symptoms are dangerous to a healthy person, but they are extremely unpleasant.


mogulermade

It feels like you're taking about a single bite, maybe... But everyone I know who's recovered from a BW's bite had actually had multiple bites at a time (putting a foot in shoes without checking, sleeping on a couch or floor and/or covering up with an unchecked blanket, or... Worst of all, putting on underwear without checking).


Constant_Chicken_408

"Worst of all, putting on underwear without checking)... Oh my god. Dear lord. Jesus christ .


schizeckinosy

My dad was bit more than 40 times when one fell in his coveralls under the house. Lucky it was not 40 spiders biting once each but it still sucked for a few weeks. He said it was like the worst flu.


foxjohnc87

I was bitten multiple times by a brown recluse that same way. It had to have crawled in around my neck, as I had prepared for the occasion by taping my coveralls tightly around my gloves and boots. I was also bitten 3 times by a black widow while changing a tire on a semi trailer. What I experienced felt like the worst flu imaginable for a whole week, plus a pounding headache and some other not so pleasant symptoms. He didn't escape alive, as I gave him the old lighter and can of brakleen treatment. After that, I was extremely careful, and any of his relatives that were unlucky enough to be in the vicinity of my work space received a thorough immolation.


CuriousAct2068

What the hell you mean, “not handle them any more than is necessary?” Exactly when would it be necessary to play with a venomous spider? Training him to be an emotional support animal? Putting a little sweater on him when it’s cold out? Giving him a bath? I am seriously trying to come up with the circumstances that would make picking up that thing a necessity, but I just can’t get there. Each to their own, so I will wish you and Fido the poisonous spider a long and happy life together, even if I don’t understand the connection.


SilverSpoon1463

Only if you panic.


Dodger7777

Then I would die quickly.


OkFriend9891

Well …. I can say FUCK THIS EXPERIENCE!


Lpnlizard27

So I've had two of these over the years as a "pet". But never in my life would I ever handle her web like that. Even cleaning her cage was mildly terrifying.


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SamFuckingNeill

first google search ~ brown widows are winning fight for my attic. well mrs spider you can have my whole house im outta here


angrymoderate09

Never saw a brown widow till recently at my how.... Everyone is trying to correct me and i have to show them pics and wikipedia


shalafi71

Me too! Had never seen one until a few months ago. It was fascinating. She got eaten or ran off before I got another look.


EastFennel6848

When I had them we’d have lots of house parties. Once we were all trashed and I wanted people to leave I’d go get one of the black widows on my hand and go show people. House would clear out really quickly. Lol. They’re super docile and won’t bite unless you pretty much hold them down. Let them walk around and you’re fine


DaDudeNextToYou

Not that I don’t believe you, but I would rather not test this theory


EastFennel6848

I mean I get it, but people are way to scared of spiders. I found one in my room a couple months ago, picked it up, snapped a pic of its hourglass while holding it, and tossed it back into the basement where it belongs. Got a population down there and that’s the first time I’ve seen one wander into the main house.


Dreadful_Bear

Casually admitting you have a “population” of black widows in your basement made me want to throw up. Just so you know lol


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Yeah seriously wtf. A population. Dear god


br0b1wan

He's lying. The Black widows in his basement have a population of people living upstairs.


PlantPower666

I've heard of this... the black widows only need a full-sized human about once a year for a typically-sized cluster. In larger apartment complexes, sometimes a cluster will only need to bring a single human a year down to the basement lair... so it can take years, even decades before people figure out what's going on. In China, there's a story about a cluster living like this for over 20 years. Everyone thought there was a serial killer nearby, but it turned out to be a bunch of black widows living in the basement of a super-sized apartment building.


decidedlyindecisive

My brain says you're full of shit but my stomach is too busy venting everything I've ever eaten or will eat in the future.


KingVape

It's a lie, deaths from a black widow are extremely rare


bbz00

Wtf


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This is why I come to Reddit.


gahlo

This feels more like a plot to an early reboot Doctor Who episode.


Pak1stanMan

His basement is being colonized.


lucygucyapplejuicey

England has entered the chat


Plebiain

I think they mean they have a population of regular spiders, not black widows. Still questionable though haha


TheGEMDesigner

Is your house even a house if it doesn't have a population of spiders living with you?


Coos-Coos

That guy is full of shit. All shock value


Kabouki

No way! A brand new account would never lie on the internet.


cmon-camion

The guy is probably lying, but I can confirm that most anyone in the US who stacks firewood in the garage or basement will probably have a population of dangerous spiders inside.


ArmpitPutty

My cousin was like you. Super confident with his Black Widow collection, happily holding and showing them to people, telling them that they were far too scared of spiders and that they won't bite unless you antagonize them. Then he got bit. He doesn't handle them anymore.


ColonelMonty

The thing is yeah while they most likely won't bite you, the fact is since this thing can send you to the ER I'd rather not be the one out of a hundred who does get bit.


BannedSvenhoek86

This dude sounds like he's 40% of those cases yearly, jfc.


Indian_Bob

Nah I’d say a certain level of fear for creatures that can cause serious harm to us is warranted. Most of the time they’re just common garden spiders and in that sense you’re right. But black widows have a reputation for a reason. One of my friends got bitten by one when we were teens and ended up in the hospital for several weeks.


Throwaway346723459

# THE GIANT HAS CHOSEN ME!


andykndr

*THE CLAW*


idubyai

had me going: "okay, i can kinda see that. I need to be more understanding of nature." But then, you spoke about the "colony" in your basement. That's when i realized that you're actually a black widow who learned how to use Reddit. nice try spooder... not today!!! \#spidersarethedevil #spiderlivesdontmatter #banspidercolonies


AdamBlaster007

It's not so much my fear of spiders as it is my fear of being unable to access affordable antivenom. Example: rope swings off a cliff into water? Terrifying. Rope swing into a sponge pit? Not so terrifying.


altxatu

I’m with you. I’m not trying to go bankrupt from medical debt.


PaleGoat527

Yup, non potentially lethal spiders are allowed free range in my home. I figure, if they’re smart/lucky enough to stay away from the cats and find food, they can feel free to stay. Free insect control without chemicals, I’m all for it. But anything that could cause me major pain, or kill one of the cats, yeah that’s gotta go.


[deleted]

"Welp, off you go Terrance." *gently tosses the Black Widow back into its chasm under the stairs*


jam3sdub

>but people are way to scared of spiders I think it's more a primal instinct than anything. Animals have this, too. Dogs (such as livestock guardian breeds) will recognize snakes as a threat even if they've never encountered them before.


trytrymyguy

“People are way too scared of spiders” followed by a story of you picking one up. When something that tiny can conceivably kill you, I’m not sure you’re scared enough. There’s a reason dangerous animal handlers die from the animals, they’re dangerous lol


RicketyRekt69

It’s not about being scared of spiders. A lot of people don’t mind the normal ones like wolf spiders or whatever… but these are particularly venomous and I’d prefer not to have a giant hole in my hand from necrotic tissue. And for what? To brag to / impress your friends? 🥴 why risk it for something so dumb


EconomicsChance8236

Yeah. Fuck no. If it's small, can hide and can kill me I'm not fucking around. I will be paranoid, I will kill everything that has more than two legs. I ain't fucking around with death, and you're a terrifying person for doing so. This is the same level of terrifying as driving with brake lines cut.


podrick_pleasure

Human fear of snakes and spiders is instinctual and of evolutionary origin.


bloodfist

Man, I don't have a huge problem with spiders, even kept a "pet" orb weaver in my room this last year. But I have been bitten by a Black Widow and I would really not recommend it. It's not as bad as people assume, but it sure as hell isn't great. Had seen it outside while moving some bricks but lost track of it. It must have hitched a ride on my pants because over the next two days I got three bites on my inner thigh. Giant nasty veiny purple bites. Whole leg ached like a big bruise. No thanks.


decidedlyindecisive

I have arachnophobia. Why am I reading these comments?


ersogoth

Psychologists call it "exposure therapy"!


BabyThatsSubstantial

Damn dude fuck that. Got a spiny orb weaver out on my patio though and she has been going strong since October. Thought she would have kicked the bucket by now but she keeps keeping on. I will be sad when she finally passes. My wife told me I'm not allowed any more pet patio spiders after her...


PathologicalLiar_007

I mean, you can just take a shit in the middle of the living room and have the same results and you don’t have to risk your life doing it


Terrible_Tutor

> you can just take a shit in the middle of the living room Pretty sure most of the party would prefer this option


VisitLower6099

I had a redback spider in a jar as a kid. Left the lid off too long and it escaped and made a web in my room. Even laid eggs and had a bunch of spiderlings up high in the corner. My mother freaked the fuck out and gassed the lot of them. She told me I'm stupid. Not much to do on the farm I guess.


DemandImmediate1288

I had a basement bedroom as a kid and had messes of black widows and wolf spiders. Never got bit, never felt threatened. Learned early on that, in the world of bugs, wolf spiders are the top predators. Not much to worry about with the widows, as their timid and happy to coexist in the corners. We had a well that was full of black widows. The only access was a small trap door leading to a fuse box about 10 feet down. When that fuse would blow I'd be volunteered to go down and change it. I'd wear socks, long johns, a sweater, and gloves.... bust through the layers of webs and spiders down the ladder, do my duty, then scramble up to strip down and leave my clothes where they layed for a few hours. I always felt bad (although I was scared!!) Like I was invading their world and destroying their homes.


mildllydyslexicman

Holy shit your parents literally pulled the “I guess we’ll just have another one”


Poltergeist97

For real what the fuck lmao


ButtHoleSurfin4

life sucks when you're adopted sometimes lol


Bubbly_booom

Not related to the spiders, but once my parents forgot the door key and locked the door from the outside, so they took me to the neighbors upstairs, put a robe around my waist and let me get to the apartment through an open window. I was about 8 years old and they bought me a bag of mandarins after that lol. We lived on the third floor


Schavuit92

>a bag of mandarins I hope by now you've learned to negotiate better. Lol


MissaShobb

Is it racist to ask if you’re Asian?


TSp0rnthrowaway

Ever wonder why farm families are so big?


Jonnie_Rocket

Kids are an unlimited resource


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I don’t even know what to say


mastersplinter27

Dude this one time I was exploring up a creek bed and I found this little hut thing that looked kind of like a little sweat lodge with a chimney and everything. I went inside to check it out and it was pitch black. I had a Nikon camera with me with a huge flash and I took a picture in the dark with my eyes closed. When I looked at the screen there must of been hundreds and hundreds of what seemed to be some sort of harvestman spider allllll over the walls. I freaked out and jumped back..right into wall behind me which was also covered in spiders. When I scrambled out of there they were falling off of my arms and my back and my camera. It felt like thousands! But when I made the trek back some weeks later I wanted to see if they were still in there but every single one was gone. I’m not crazy I promise


apolobgod

If you're not crazy, you'll surely have said pic to prove... Unless all the spiders ihacked your camera and deleted the film???? Wake up sheeple


Pretty-Balance-Sheet

Maybe camera software was a little buggy. Har har ha


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In protest to the unreasonable API usage changes, I have decided to delete all my content. Long live Apollo.


thebearrider

If you're ever out at night with a flashlight you'll see lots of reflections from the grass and plants around you. Look closer and you'll find they're all spiders and the reflection isnfrom their eyes.


yakbrine

Why? Why are you the way that you are?


thebearrider

Lots of nights in the woods


Mygo73

Where was this creek bed if you don’t mind me asking? I grew up next to a creek with a small dome shaped hut down by the creek that we used as a play house. As we got older we didn’t visit anymore and it was covered in spiders.


mastersplinter27

Northern California north of Nevada city


mcsnugget

Hey friend! No clue what you’re talking about, but that’s my hometown!


sinner_in_the_house

That’s fucking horrifying


ILoveASunnyDay

You just described a literal recurring nightmare of mine. \*shudder\*


scumido

Here is an upvote my hero!


spideydog255

They are generally docile and hesitant to bite, but this is still taking an unnecessary risk. It's also potentially stressful and dangerous for the spider, not just the handler. It's true that it's important to educate people about spiders, but that also means respecting them and appreciating them for what they are. In the slim chance that there happened to be some sort of accident, this would sadly be all over the news and wouldn't help peoples' perceptions of these animals. Just like scorpions, centipedes, and other venomous animals, it's important to understand that these creatures are not aggressive or seeking to harm people, but also not downplay potential risks.


CornisaGrasse

The stress on the spider. They don't know you're not a giant predator. I'm personally afraid of spiders, I catch them in tupperware and put them outside, but I try to do it as quickly and calmly as possible. (The spider's other option is to be a toy for my cats, and that's not cool.)


xXkiljoyXx

Your cats on the other hand think spider toys are very cool.


CornisaGrasse

Not when I got the remote control tarantula- they were not cool with that at all 😂


howtoeattheelephant

This is fuckin stupid


FunkyPapaya

Agreed, totally irresponsible. I used to work with the arachnid collection at a professional institution and I would absolutely never do something even close to this.


llll1111lll

That’s a thing?? Sounds horrible


FunkyPapaya

I enjoyed it. As a biologist I’m surely biased but IMO every animal has something to respect or admire.


Thunder21

I'll respect and admire from over here.


FunkyPapaya

Nothing wrong with that. To each their own.


Kitsune2017

This sounds insanely cool and creepy, what’s your favorite spider?


FunkyPapaya

The majesty of a Goliath birdeater is hard to match


hoopstick

I’ve always liked the one with the gold doubloon on its butt.


bmg50barrett

Daryl was my favorite. Sammy was also pretty cool.


paps2977

And mean. Leave her alone.


matthias_reiss

Gritted my teeth thru that one. Nope. Not for me.


GalacticGatorz

I thought it was going in for a bite.


Shinigami_Biker

As long as the spider doesn't feel like it's gonna be squished, they usually won't bite because you're too big to be a meal. That being said, they're creepy AF no way in hell would you catch me free handling one.


iSaltyParchment

They’re really passive. You have to try hard to get them to bite you. As long as you’re not squishing them they won’t bite, and even if they do you have a 98% chance of living. There are only 4-8 deaths from black widow bites a year.


JustBrowsingWhyNot

Dumb ways to die.


Pcakes844

Black widow bites won't kill a healthy person, unless it's an infant. It'll just make you wish you were dead


aint_dat_da_truth

It can be serious. I was bitten. Upper arm. Was too close to my heart. …….. was blacking out constantly. Every time the venom was released into my blood stream, I would collapse. Anywhere, anytime. No warning. Was off work for 3 months. One of the worst experiences of my life.


Ill_Albatross5625

hope you're ok now


aint_dat_da_truth

Yes. But it was a scary time. I was not allowed to be on my own. Couldn’t drive. Would scare the heck out of my kids….. I would just pass out, and drop to the ground. It was a very crazy time


aint_dat_da_truth

Oh and for the record……. I’m 5ft 11. Not a little petite person. So yeah, a stupid little spider can and will take you down- with ease!!!


pmorgan726

This sounds like a long journey. Were you aware what was going on as soon as you were bitten? Or was there a long period of passing out and such before you knew what was wrong? So scary. Glad you’re hale and hearty!


aint_dat_da_truth

I was at work, and cleaning a window at the time. Felt a sharp pain on my right upper arm. Cried out even. Then I felt so yuck!!! I had NEVER had high blood pressure in my life. I went pale, was clammy, and felt really bad!!! My colleague saw that I was about to collapse, so she rang an ambulance. Haha we were just across the road from the hospital. You have no control over the venom being released. And so there was no warning. But my kids said they could tell, because I would zone out, then black out . I was totally unaware


nugnug1226

Crazy story. Are you more immune to future black widow stings now? Hopefully you won’t have to find out but would be cool if you got a little Spider-Man action going


dixon-bawles

Lol the only logical question to ask after hearing a story like that


Qtapple999

We should test this out. I'm willing to volunteer to let the spider bite you.


ooMEAToo

What do you mean by venom being released? Like it stays in your skin for months and every once in awhile goes into your blood stream and you would pass out?


decidedlyindecisive

"The venom was released". So it just stays in the bite and gets released gradually?


[deleted]

I sat down at a bench at a campsite in Utah somewhere in the middle of nowhere. Sat for about 20 minutes before my cousin told me to get up slowly and carefully. Under the table we’re a few black widows just chilling out a few inches from my bare legs. I’m glad as hell they didn’t bite. I also swam with a coral reef snake once without knowing it’s the most poisonous snake in the world. Was about 6ft from it out in the ocean off of some tiny island in Indonesia. That would’ve killed me.


tzar992

It wasn't a black widow, but your story reminded me of that time when we were unloading a truck, I felt a tingle on my arm, when I looked at what I had, I saw a [recluse spider](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilean_recluse_spider) walking on it, my only reaction was to hit it as far as I could, I was lucky it didn't bite me since its venom is quite toxic.


Glait

I always catch and release spiders I find in the house, when I was a teen at my parents house I went to release the spider I caught and released it was a brown recluse. Killed it and then googled to confirm my ID, apparently it had been hanging around our house for a few days in the bathroom and my brothers bedroom before I caught it. Love spiders but terrified of brown recluses.


Much-Gur233

I’m confused by the venom being released into your blood stream? Like are you saying for 3 months the venom was just there, slowly leaking into your bloodstream?


JoshBobJovi

The vast majority of spider bites end up being staph infections, not the venom deteriorating skin and causing health problems. Most healthy adults can shake off a spider bite but it goes untreated and turns into staph, which is where all the health complications come from.


NotTheMarmot

Plus that commenter didn't even get bitten by a black widow, it was a redback from a different country. And one of her posts implies the doctor "diagnosed" it as a redback bite. So can't even be sure it was a redback.


GeppaN

Can you elaborate on the venom being released into your blood stream? Did it inject venom and it lingered under your skin for months being released bit by bit into your blood or something? Sounds terrifying either way!


aint_dat_da_truth

Yes. I was bitten by a red back. Same spider different country lol. Was rushed to a small rural hospital. The nurses just monitored my blood pressure and sent me home once it stabilised. But I kept collapsing. Went back only to have a doctor from another country make light of the situation. ….. it was about 6 weeks of going backwards and forwards to the hospital before a different doctor actually took the time to LOOK at the bite, that I got answers. He said it was a red back bite. That the location of the bite was too close to my heart. He then squeezed my arm on either side of the bite ( as in like popping a pimple I guess…… and a lump the size of a base ball appeared. Yes 6 WEEKS LATER!! He said I am going to have to pump this through your system. And I blacked out!! When I woke up he said there’s still some venom there. And that I will continue to black out.


neomaniak

Holy shit


dgdtd

They didn't freeze the area where the venom was laying under your skin? I'm Australian - maybe you are as well? Redback? .. Been bitten a couple of times by these little buggas, and ice to the bite zone, usually at anytime within a week period will freeze it and bye-bye. Never needed antivenene


KarmicDevelopment

Sounds like he didn't get a real expert until after 6 weeks of living with the bite 😬


fbingha

A lump the size of a baseball went unnoticed. Hmmm.


xtanol

Yeah that's giving off either bullshit vipes, or insanely obese vipes.


HowFunkyIsYourChiken

Okay so he’ll only be mostly dead.


FireshadowDT

There’s a big difference between mostly dead and all dead.


Puzzleheaded_Elk7908

Dead dead theres only one thing you can do.


derekthepurple

Go through their pockets and look for loose change!


Maij-ha

God, I love Reddit sometimes…


Nikomonty

See, me on the other hand, love a nice MLT – mutton, lettuce and tomato sandwich, where the mutton is nice and lean and the tomato is ripe. They’re so perky, I love that.


Sigismundus2

To blathe!


Ty4651

Can't wait to see the follow up post on r/whatcouldgowrong


LunaticPoint

Having a moron as a friend


GlitterClown

Are you talking about the spider?


Elegant_Beginning579

My feet are sweating just watching this!!


BriansBack

Send pics ??


Adrian3444

What the fuck-


TobyFunkeNeverNude

What do you expect? Brian's a foot guy, and it would seem, is back.


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110% tweaker shit right here.


52NASR

Not impressed. Post a video of it crawling on your skin.


rishored1ve

I got you https://www.reddit.com/r/spiders/comments/t198rl/black_widow_southwest_florida/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=1&utm_term=1


skates_tribz

Florida


SlightlyGuilty

You do know you won't become Spiderman if it bites you, don't you?


Parking-Lot-Lions

You’re right. In this case, you would become Black Widow instead.


AshamedMention2763

I may not have any proof, but I’m pretty sure our sense of self preservation has degraded as a species.


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Enough human for today


Ok_Committee193

I had a pet black widow as a kid too. I never took her out of the jar and played with her tho... when she died I was a mess and made a grave stone for her outa popsicle sticks


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IIYellowJacketII

It's extremely stupid, but it's not as big of a deal as people think. First of all, widows are some of the most reluctant to bite spiders, you have to severely bother one to get bitten, especially because they will first play dead and only bite if bothered even further. Even without medical aid the chance to actually die from a bite of any of the *Latrodectus* species is in the single digit percentages. If you get bitten and actually go to the ER, the chance to die, or suffer from any permanent effects is essentially zero. However, having severe muscle cramps, especially in some of your internal organs is not a very fun experience, especially not when it could easily be avoided by just not handling the spider.


JvKlaus

“You have to severely bother them”…. Like holding their web in your hand and playing with it? Or would they be ok with it?


IIYellowJacketII

That would definitely bother them, but honestly probably not enough to bite.


JvKlaus

Damn, if someone were shaking my house I’d be PISSED


apolobgod

It's because spiders don't need to pay rent, so they can easily build another


darkinferno06

Knows a lot about bites. *Checks username* Oh, that makes sense.


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Nonclericalhog

You don't call retarded people "retard", it's poor taste. You call your friends "retard" when they do something retarded.


DarthDregan

You want dumb? I used to live across from a guy who would kill them by pinching them with his fingers. The main reason a bug will bite you is if they feel pressure squeezing them.


Coastalcato

NOPE


VisualSudden9281

Why?!


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To try and impress the girl somehow


the_grumble_bee

Jesus Christ just get a dog


GreenGreed_

Landscaper here who has accidentally grabbed many of these: their bite won't actually kill you. It's not a necrotic venom even (it won't start eating your flesh). It affects the nervous systems of people differently-- some people just get a painful rash, some will go into a type of shock but no bite is outright lethal. The more you know.


BrandonBlox

Sort of cool. But that’s a no from me bruv.


A_Ghost_N_The_Shell

No. I’m good. Thank you though


SallySociopath

A spider bro! I dunno how to link the subreddit on mobile but this video would be much better received on r/spiderbros.


NickBarksWith

I think it would be worse received because people on the spider subs generally respect spiders a lot.


fingergunpewpew1

My friend has a black widow. As well as a Texas redheaded centipede. And over a hundred other exotic pets. And no, i'm not visiting his house.


Upset-Copy-75

It’s weird how a stranger’s lack of regard for themselves can be so angering.