Man eaten by spiders etc!

[Silurian]

If you google Mark Voegel this story seems to appear every year or two

Edit The story goes back to 2001 maybe to 1979.

 

[Yeekim]

My garage is full of them. Its forced me to become an expert on the subject.

And you have not launched a full chemo attack on them?
I don't generally have problem with spiders - they eat other pests after all... but actually deadly ones? Hell, that's creepy!
EDIT: Once again reason to celebrate the fact that the worst thing you can run into in Estonia is the common adder.

 

[useless]

An honorable death.

 

[Mad Man]

And you have not launched a full chemo attack on them?
I don't generally have problem with spiders - they eat other pests after all... but actually deadly ones? Hell, that's creepy!
EDIT: Once again reason to celebrate the fact that the worst thing you can run into in Estonia is the common adder.

Russians are also something you commonly run into in Estonia, so I wouldn't be to thankful.

 

[BuckyRea]

I thought spider bites only gave you superpowers, like climbing up walls and ejaculating silk from your fingernails.

 

[GamezRule]

Wrists!

 

[Silurian]

If you google Mark Voegel this story seems to appear every year or two

Edit The story goes back to 2001 maybe to 1979.

Here is an example from 2007.
Google and see

Spiders kill and eat their owner From: news.com.au August 30, 2007 12:00AM Increase Text SizeDecrease Text SizePrintEmail Share
Add to DiggAdd to del.icio.usAdd to FacebookAdd to KwoffAdd to MyspaceAdd to NewsvineWhat are these?A GERMAN man who lived with more than 200 black widow spiders was fatally bitten by one and then eaten by his other pet creepy-crawlies.
Police found Mark Voegel, 30, in his apartment partially eaten by his pet spiders, several snakes, lizards and thousands of termites, Sun.co.uk reported.

Neighbours called police after becoming worried about the smell coming from Voegel's apartment.

 

[Takhisis]

Evolution isn't meant to work, it just does.

For more info read here.

 

[Tani Coyote]

But not all rattlesnakes rattle before they bite!

Well crud.

A rattle wouldn't look sexy on a spider anyway.

My garage is full of them. Its forced me to become an expert on the subject.

Yikes. Have you tried to hire an exterminator?

I thought spider bites only gave you superpowers, like climbing up walls and ejaculating silk from your fingernails.

I tried to apply this logic to hedgehogs. Unfortunately, the numerous ones that bit me did not give me super speed OR the ability to shoot energy from my hands OR teleport to wherever I desired with the utterance of two words.

One day!

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

Yikes. Have you tried to hire an exterminator?

No, because they aren't hurting anyone. I live in the woods, so I'm kind of in their zone, ya know? If they're in the house, their life is brutish, nasty, and short, and I take no prisoners (killed a mouse this morning!), but in the garage, you just look before you grab, and don't put your hands where you can't see them.

 

[sophie]

I thought spider bites only gave you superpowers, like climbing up walls and ejaculating silk from your fingernails.

Technically Peter Parker never had web-shooting powers. He built a web-shooting device because not only does he have awesome spider powers, but he's also rather a genius.

 

[SuperJay]

There was a black widow living under my house...

Waitwut?? Here? In Michigan?

their life is brutish, nasty, and short...

What you did there, I see it.

Technically Peter Parker never had web-shooting powers. He built a web-shooting device because not only does he have awesome spider powers, but he's also rather a genius.

I was wondering whether or not to point this out, and then decided it would be too snarky. I should have known

 

[Takhisis]

This is OT, there's no such thing as 'too' snarky.

 

[Yeekim]

Russians are also something you commonly run into in Estonia, so I wouldn't be to thankful.

Not something I generally have problems with...

 

[SuperJay]

This is OT, there's no such thing as 'too' snarky.

I know, right? Clearly I'm doing it wrong.

 

[GamezRule]

Waitwut?? Here? In Michigan?

Yes, in our biology room we even had an enclosed fish tank with one in it that was found in the wild outside the school.

 

[SuperJay]

There's not supposed to be Black Widows in Michigan

I r teh skurred nao k

 

[Mad Man]

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

And you have not launched a full chemo attack on them?
I don't generally have problem with spiders - they eat other pests after all... but actually deadly ones? Hell, that's creepy!
EDIT: Once again reason to celebrate the fact that the worst thing you can run into in Estonia is the common adder.

I live in the woods, so they would return after weeks.

I try not to use pesticides unless I really have to; one year we had a huge outbreak of fleas, and several family members became sick from all the chemical warfare against them: sprays, yard fertilizers, et al.

But Black Widows aren't normally deadly, except to the very young and very old. Their venom is medically significant, because it is necrotic, incredibly painful and causes a fun condition called "lactrodectism" which is a series of painful, involuntary muscle contractions and associated nausea and elevated heart rate that lasts for a few days, but most of the time when you go to the hospital for a bite they will not give you the antivenin because the danger of doing so is, in most cases, worse than the bite will probably wind up being on its own. They will just do a few tests and have you sit around for a few hours to make sure you don't go into cardiac arrest or anything, or they might give you some light symptomatic treatment.

Still, something to be avoided if at all possible. Plus, they just look really creepy, especially when they walk.

Link to video.

 

[bhsup]

Stuff the Black Widow. This is the one that scares me more than the Black Widow (clickable piccy to wiki entry)...

Very little is known on how to exterminate them without extreme measures. This is largely due to a variety of adaptations, including the abilities to maintain homostasis for several seasons with no food or water and to survive after losing limbs.[35] Additionally, the spiders survive significantly longer in a relatively cool, thermally stable environment.

The increased abilities for the spiders to survive during times of starvation, thirst, and regulated room temperatures makes extermination of this species particularly challenging. Many chemicals which have proven effective are have now been illegalized or restricted in the U.S., making the use of chemicals to eradicate the spiders impractical, and there is no known procedure proven to be entirely effective, safe, and legal.[35] Chemicals that do not kill the spider will cause its nervous system to break down partially, inducing undesirable aggressive behavior (thus setting the stage for "revenge" via brown recluse bites).