09-02-2019, 12:53 PM
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Re: Spider lunch
Hence spider bites can often go from unnoticed to serious problems ( even amputation or death ) as those juices once in the body keep on working .I was once in a military hospital for an operation and the guy in the next bed looked about 60 and was having lower leg amputation as his foot was swollen and black looking like a polished boot ..
Chatting to him after his daughter had visited he told me the tale ... that was his wife as he himself was only 30 something and he was the something or another to Spain working for the foreign office ( hence access to military hospital ) and last week was enjoying a picnic with wife and children when a small spider bit his toe ... within days his foot had ballooned and he was flown back here for surgery ... all from a tiny spider bite, you wouldn’t believe how old he looked /injury caused
09-02-2019, 12:58 PM
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Re: Spider lunch
Originally Posted by ruthio
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I'm not reading this thread, someone always posts photos 
https://youtu.be/yKL35ZMI_K8
09-02-2019, 01:27 PM
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Re: Spider lunch
Originally Posted by Mags
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Who shall we nominate to do the tasting Rhian? 
They eat critters in Oz don't they?!
Or UJ... provided it was followed with a brandy coffee
I'm afraid I'm not volunteering
I'm a veggie/pescatarian!
09-02-2019, 01:32 PM
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Re: Spider lunch
Originally Posted by Rhian
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Gumbud?They eat critters in Oz don't they?!
Or UJ... provided it was followed with a brandy coffee
I'm afraid I'm not volunteering
I'm a veggie/pescatarian!
09-02-2019, 02:16 PM
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Re: Spider lunch
Originally Posted by marmaduke
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The spider may well have eaten it ( they basically suck the insides out of it leaving the outer skin skeleton )
to liquidise it, then suck it up through their tube-like proboscis.As I child I would let a fly settle on my arm and watch as it wiggled its proboscis up and down.
It's a bit like a sink plunger.
Only smaller.
Maybugs are interesting, because when you pick them up to save them from marauding feet, they grip you with their legs, which have little spiky things to grip with. It doesn't hurt, just feels a bit odd.
You can't pull them off as they grip so tightly. You have to put your hand down somewhere, and let them decide it's time to let go.
Stag beetles are even more fascinating, but they are very rare these days, so I hardly ever get to see one, despite leaving lots of dead wood around in the garden for them to feed on.
They are extinct in some countries.
People are scared of them because of their size and their 'horns' which won't harm you at all. They are there for mating rituals.
Sorry, this post has turned into a bit of an entomological ramble!
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