• gibe mone pls - Brazilian wandering spider found in UK family's groceries
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[QUOTE]A family has been left “deeply traumatised” after one of the world’s most poisonous and aggressive spiders was set loose in their south London home following an online delivery from Waitrose. A lethal Brazilian wandering spider had been hiding in a bunch of bananas when it was delivered to the house, and was sitting on a sack of eggs containing thousands of babies. The father of the family, Tim, who did not give his surname, spotted the spider while unpacking the shopping and dropped the bananas into the fruit bowl in shock – inadvertently trapping the spider’s leg. The spider tore off its leg in an attempt to escape and hid from sight, sparking a frantic hunt throughout the home as the couple and their two sons, aged seven and eight, fled the house. “Although people might think these things are funny, I keep thinking that the spider could have killed me or my son if he had gone to get a banana,” Tim told the Mail on Sunday. Tim took a photograph and discovered online that the spider – whose Greek scientific name translates as “murderess” – was, according to the Guinness Book of Records, the world’s most venomous.[/QUOTE] best line: [QUOTE][B]Pest expert Steve Trippett, who described the spider as “hardcore”,[/B] put the eggs in a freezer to kill them and, armed with a 3ft stick, found the spider hiding in the fruit bowl. The spider became aggressive standing on its back legs and showing its fangs. But using his stick, Trippett manoeuvred the creature into a heavy plastic box, which was placed inside two other boxes. It is understood the spider was taken to a scientific centre abroad.[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/oct/19/killer-spider-supermarket-shopping[/url]
Pretty scary, but what's up with the stereotypical title?
the spider invaded their home for cash duh
Haha wow that article really takes a sharp turn towards the end with this paragraph: [quote]Although its venom is highly toxic, it is being studied for use in erectile dysfunction treatments. The spider’s bite can cause an erection that sometimes lasts for up to four hours.[/quote] It'll kill in 2 hours but you'll be rock hard for 4.
[QUOTE=Boaraes;46281137]the spider invaded their home for cash duh[/QUOTE] Clearly it was a gypsy. Or an asian person.
[QUOTE=MuTAnT;46281158]It'll kill in 2 hours but you'll be rock hard for 4.[/QUOTE] A spider's venom can potentially contain hundreds of different compounds. It's possible that they can isolate one or more compounds that cause erection and not horrible toxicity.
By possible you mean completely doable, pretty sure we've already harvested snake venom for tons of shit already.
gib child sacrifice or i report u
[QUOTE=bravehat;46281202]By possible you mean completely doable, pretty sure we've already harvested snake venom for tons of shit already.[/QUOTE] Of course, but if it turns out that the one compound responsible for causing erection is also the compound that causes horrible toxicity, then it wouldn't be particularly useful. It's unlikely, but it's possible.
Wasn't there another news about spiders being found in bananas? Also wandering spiders are scary as shit when they are pissed.
[QUOTE=Garbor 0.1;46281575]Also wandering spiders are scary as shit when they are pissed.[/QUOTE] [IMG]http://www.burkemuseum.org/spidermyth/images/phoneut.jpg[/IMG] "'tha hell brah, those are my bananas" [editline]20th October 2014[/editline] I also bought a bunch of bananas the other day and just dumped them on my side table, now I'm paranoid
[quote]Although its venom is highly toxic, it is being studied for use in erectile dysfunction treatments. The spider’s bite can cause an erection that sometimes lasts for up to four hours.[/quote] Mmmm
Yeah it causes the erection to last that long, the tissue dies, and your dick gets necrosis and can fall off, die, or get infected. Shits fucked up. Between that and the chilean spider in the appendicitis wound (even if its fake that is a scary thought) I've had enough with south american spiders.
[QUOTE=paindoc;46281869]Yeah it causes the erection to last that long, the tissue dies, and your dick gets necrosis and can fall off, die, or get infected.[/QUOTE] You can still fap though of course, right?
[QUOTE=Garbor 0.1;46281575]Wasn't there another news about spiders being found in bananas? Also wandering spiders are scary as shit when they are pissed.[/QUOTE] Yes, except in that instance it was hundreds of tiny spiders. Here is a picture that family holding bananas. [img]http://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/ad_129389410.jpg?w=644&h=428&crop=1#038;h=432[/img]
Easy fix just let some tarantula hawks live in your house Warning: contains overly dramatic music [video=youtube;dg7XGTiNis0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dg7XGTiNis0[/video]
[QUOTE=Falubii;46282757]Easy fix just let some tarantula hawks live in your house Warning: contains overly dramatic music [video=youtube;dg7XGTiNis0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dg7XGTiNis0[/video][/QUOTE] "... and the sting is considered the second most painful insect sting in the world." - Wikipedia. Nope. No.
Guess we're burning the UK down.
honestly i was expecting more 'NOPE NOPE NO NO NO' shitty replies. Anyways, the pest expert seems like he knew what the fuck he was doing pretty damn well. [quote], spotted the spider while unpacking the shopping and dropped the bananas into the fruit bowl in shock – inadvertently trapping the spider’s leg. The spider tore off its leg in an attempt to escape and hid from sight, sparking a frantic hunt throughout the home[/quote] god damn it really is hardcore
Imagine being the pest control guys going into a house looking for one of these, it would be like being the colonial marines in the alien franchise.
[QUOTE=fulgrim;46284496]Imagine being the pest control guys going into a house looking for one of these, it would be like being the colonial marines in the alien franchise.[/QUOTE]Fun fact: Starship Troopers was inspired by the horror stories from Australian pest control.
What is it with british newspapers and spider horror stories lately Like, jeez, I swear some of the writers have a major hard on for spiders
Is it just me or have I seen this article before?
[QUOTE=AtomiCal;46281104]Pretty scary, but what's up with the stereotypical title?[/QUOTE] br stereotypes are the funniest fucking thing. I remember once I was playing GGPO and a guy insulted me by saying "go bjj a tranny you br piece of trash" and I laughed for like an hour.
Placed inside a heavy plastic box, that was put inside 2 other boxes... Not even uranium is stored with that much care :v:
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