Its weird how everyone's scared of spiders but no-one is scared of scorpions. I'm not scared of Spiders because theres only like garden spiders where I live. I saw a grass snake once in my gran's back garden it was cool.
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Its weird how everyone's scared of spiders but no-one is scared of scorpions. I'm not scared of Spiders because theres only like garden spiders where I live. I saw a grass snake once in my gran's back garden it was cool.
There are black widows in every state except for Alaska. The northern black widow is far worse than the one everyone knows with the hourglass, because they are smaller and don't have the hourglass on their abdomen.Quote:
Originally Posted by woody513
I'm from the UK lol we don't get cool animals, we get deer and salmon
i knew it.. your country is just a giant grocery store!Quote:
Originally Posted by woody513
Yup although we have 1 poisonous snake. The Adder
Scotland has Wolf spiders, the northern black widow, and here is one specific to scotland.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1396706.stm
Woah, cool. I don't think they'll be nesting under Edinburgh lol. I live close to the City Centre. I might see some at my holiday home in Kingussie.
wolf spiders are a common around here.. i swear i see like 10 a day .. its like an infestation.. luckily they are as harmless as a baby koalaQuote:
Originally Posted by abracax
once lived in a house that had the lawn infested with wolf spiders, was a little dangerous for the kids.
bah.. "everythings dangerous for kids"..Quote:
Originally Posted by abracax
Guns are too dangerous for kids..
swords are dangerous to kids...
30ft pythons are dangerous for kids..
hippos .. scare the ever livin sht outta me..
Just seen an article about Wolf Spiders infesting in Abernethy (where Kingussie is). Scary :p
I agree about hippos, water cow my butt. If regular cows were like hippos we would all be dead already lolQuote:
Originally Posted by drizztix
its water horse you non'animalplanetwatchingboob.. water HORSE
Ok, water horse, my mistake lol
:confused::confused::confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by abracax
What's a water horse?
A sea dragon from celtic legend (I think)Quote:
Originally Posted by whiterosedreams
its a hippo ya booblingQuote:
Originally Posted by joemanf
Oh, lolQuote:
Originally Posted by drizztix
I was thinking about that movie with the lockness monster and the kid befriended it :p
and I ain't no boobling ya ardtard!
loch ness monster =/= Sea dragon.Quote:
Originally Posted by joemanf
Spiders scare the everlovin' daylights out of me. Even pictures of them make my skin crawl. Ugh.....
And I was bit by a brown recluse a few weeks back. Pretty sure that's what it was, anyways. I never saw the spider, but I had been laying down in the grass on my lawn and the next morning I had a good bite mark, all swollen and nasty. Within 24 hours, it started necrotizing (the tissue around it died and I ended up with a pretty good size hole in my arm) and it hurt like anything. Ended up doing some home surgery on it....cut out the dead parts and some surrounding tissue....and doused it every hour with peroxide and it healed up within a week or so. But yeah, I am NOT a fan of spiders. Ever. In any form.
http://www.sonypictures.com/homevideo/thewaterhorse/
I knew what he meant, the kids watched that movie.
a True WATER HORSE .. Rawr!!
http://bradleysanimalplace.files.wor...2c6a441449.jpg
Augh.. that looks like a hippo. :eek::eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by drizztix
well done capt. ObviousQuote:
Originally Posted by whiterosedreams
The river hippopotamus was described by Linnaeus in 1758. Despite their placid and clumsy appearance, river hippos can be aggressive towards humans, and there are many reports of small boats being overturned and their occupants being bitten to death. Hippos (or crocodiles, depending on who you talk to) are said to kill more people in Africa than any other animal.
Hippos (Greek) a horse; potamos (Greek) a river. Amphi (Greek) around, on both sides; bios (Greek) living, manner of living: meaning living on both sides i.e., on land and in water.
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_xM6S1O620QE/Se...a%20River3.jpg
Just remember to feed them little plastic balls regularly
http://loyalkng.com/wp-content/uploa.../05/hippos.jpg
Hippos are like SUPER MEAN aggresive DEADLY .. they kill more people than like any other aminal
Ok, sorryQuote:
Originally Posted by StormSurge
And Rose, I thought you were smarter than that :p
Grr... leave me alone. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by drizztix
Ha ha, I ish smart when I'm not slow. And I happen to be slow right now lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by joemanf
And how did hippo get into this black widow thread?
why is it awesome to be bitten by a deadly Spider? it is deadly. that is bad. death is baaaaaad! unless you are like the grim reaper cause then it's awesome cause you're all like, Give me Your soul! but other than that it would suck
70% of people bitten by the black widow do not die, they just suffer from some very painful and uncomfortable effects of the poison.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rascus
Obviously he didn't die as he has posted that he got bit lol
Lol. A ghost posted this thread. Hmm.Quote:
Originally Posted by abracax
this is true..Quote:
Originally Posted by abracax
Read that again.Quote:
Originally Posted by whiterosedreams
Black widow bites are rarely fatal unless you are allergic to them. There is an antivenom, but it can only be used once in a lifetime. Not quite sure why. However, back to the bite. The descriptions of black widow bites are excruciating, but only make you wish you were dead. Having been bitten you will build up a tolerance against the results of future bites.
More to be aware of are brown recluse bites which can cause many problems including messing with your heart.
Both are considered as part of the cobweb spider family.
Hope this helps.
i do enjoy the shortness of breath i have been experiencing.. its like im 80yrs old... but not!.. how cool is that?Quote:
Originally Posted by Kasckus
umm
not very... actually...
I have extensively researched this in the past...Quote:
Originally Posted by whiterosedreams
it generaly only is fatal when the bite occurs in areas in which I can not mention here...
The death rates were higher in the past because bathrooms weren't very clean and were outside where spiders could nest in the toilet...
o.O Oh... I didn't know that it depends of where the bite occurs.Quote:
Originally Posted by DeSalvionjr
I just thought it would be the same no matter where you get bitten, the poison is there and it spreads. :P
Um.............nevermind lol
yeah, some parts of the body are targeted more heavily from different locations... the location I am referring to targets the kidneys and liver i think...Quote:
Originally Posted by whiterosedreams
and I think it also allows the venom to propagate through the body more efficiently and thoroughly...
I havent looked this up in a while so it may not be accurate, but its close enough...
EDIT: I did some research... appearantly age has a much greater factor, generaly the usual 'at risk' group (young children and babies and elderly people) is more likely to die...