2019-05-16 at 1:50 PM UTC
But, not in some zoo or exhibit.
2019-05-16 at 1:54 PM UTC
yes. black widows were fairly common where i grew up
2019-05-16 at 1:55 PM UTC
once this guy i worked with told me his uncle got ambushed by black widows, he apparently walked through some shed doorway where there were like 5 or 6 black widow webs and then they all came down and bit him and he died
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2019-05-16 at 2:13 PM UTC
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lol
we have redbacks here which are more or less the same thing, I think they're slightly more venomous though. usually a bite will just make you sick for a few hours, 5-6 is risky business
2019-05-16 at 10:08 PM UTC
Originally posted by OG_GREENPLASTIC_JOHNSON_III
once this guy i worked with told me his uncle got ambushed by black widows, he apparently walked through some shed doorway where there were like 5 or 6 black widow webs and then they all came down and bit him and he died
While your story is amusing to me, because I know better, those types of myths and urban legends are exactly what instigate human intolerance and badwill toward these creatures. If someone didn't know better, they would think that that is exactly the type of behavior these spiders commit. That is bad for both humans and animals alike, because we try to eradicate them rather than peacefully coexist, and contributes to our destruction of other species. Furthermore, humans end up getting injured in the process, when they would have been okay if they just would have left well enough alone. For instance, the movie Jaws, has done nothing positive for the great white shark, in real life.
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2019-05-16 at 10:18 PM UTC
Originally posted by WellHung
While your story is amusing to me, because I know better, those types of myths and urban legends are exactly what instigate human intolerance and badwill toward these creatures. If someone didn't know better, they would think that that is exactly the type of behavior these spiders commit. That is bad for both humans and animals alike, because we try to eradicate them rather than peacefully coexist, and contributes to our destruction of other species. For instance, the movie Jaws, has done nothing positive for the great white shark, in real life.
Yeah but still I wouldn't swim with them lol. That whole getting a taste for human flesh is bollocks, they don't like it or they would keep coming back and chomping more. If you sustain more than one bite it's more likely to be in an area were it can't swim off as quick, e.g. shallows.
As for black widows I can't see a symbiotic relationship with these creatures either but I don't blame them for biting. They're only trying to survive, not colonize and eradicate unlike humans.
In essence, man deserves to be exterminated.
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