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Old 20-08-2003, 12:05 AM
Trish Brown
 
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Default Spider cleared of causing flesh-eating ulcer?

Nick Andrew wrote:

"rapdor" writes:

thanks for that info the local myth here in northern nsw coast region is
that the white-tail spider is a very real threat i doubt whether many
people will believe me when i tell them of this study, but at least it


Not being bitten is a policy which has always worked well for me.

Nick.


Quite frankly, I think the White-tailed Spider was only ever an imagined threat
compared to the very clear and present danger of those blasted Garden Orb
Weavers! They incorporate steel cable into their webs (could only come from a
regular diet of pig-iron, I tell you!) and the sensation of being caught in one
which has been knitted across one's carport is beyond frightening!

I believe the psychological damage that arises from capture by the Garden Orb
Weaver *far* outstrips any piddling necrotising ulceration of the flesh caused
by White Tailed Spiders! Have you never performed the Dance of Fear and Loathing
as you frantically slapped at your body and bellowed
'Where'sthespider?Where'sthespider?Where'sthespide r?' to any and all onlookers?

No, gimme Mr White Tail any day! I knew all along he was a sweet little bloke!

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Trish {|:-}
Newcastle, NSW, Australia