2 people dead after swarms of venomous spiders invade Indian town

[Niiro]

People have been sucking on cuts since the dawn of time and been fine. We've all done it. You people are talking like he was giving them hemlock for joint pain or some shit. It's saliva in your wound vs having poison coursing through your veins. Anti-venom isn't cheap people.

Just sounded like a stupid statement. They were bit by a spider and then became sick. It's not rocket science what got them that way.

Why is any of this relevant when that's not what they're doing anyway?

They're bleeding people and burning the blood, it's not survival medicine it's pure hocus pocus shit.

[Tymon]

I'm gonna go with the people dying from infection from the witch doctors and the spiders not being venomous enough to kill people.

Tarantulas aren't venomous to humans.

The others would have been identified by now, unless it is a new species of spider.

[Niiro]

That seems most likely, it's either only mildly venomous or the side effects people are experiencing are just from horrible traditional remedies/lack of proper wound treatment in general.

If they actually were dangerous you'd have a lot more than 2 deaths (which may not have even been caused by the bites) considering no one's getting anti-venom.

[Boyiee]

Venomous or not, this story is a fucking nightmare come to life. Fuck. That. Shit. Fuck it. They leaped at anything that came near? Fuck that.

[Byrthnoth]

I bet some Venezuelan spider cross-bred with a local spider and made a hoard of babies that are ready to climb out of your drain pipes and kill you. The only solution is to light one of them with an aerosol can and then shoot him into his just-hatching egg sack with a nail gun.

[Khajit]

It seems the town used to have ritual human sacrifices. They have clearly angered the spider-gods with their lack of offerings and now they come forth in revenge.

[Kerberoz]

Holy fucking shit, stop the presses.

A REPORTER KNOWS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN POISONOUS AND VENOMOUS

World is ending tomorrow.

[Fhloston]

I read Indiana town at first. Had an "oh fuck it'll spread" freak out moment for a sec.

[Khajit]

Do not be afraid citizens. Rest assures that Indian Spider-man is on the case.

[NynJa]

I'm gonna go with the people dying from infection from the witch doctors and the spiders not being venomous enough to kill people.

Tarantulas aren't venomous to humans.

The others would have been identified by now, unless it is a new species of spider.

I stand by my claim that insects are in the process of evolution

[Kerberoz]

I stand by my claim that insects are in the process of evolution

Well, yeah... like every living thing on the planet always is.

What's that have to do with spiders?

Old school medicine is more deadly than the US army. There's a reason homeopathy used to be one of the better treatments.

True. The rise of homeopathy is mostly attributed to the fact that doing nothing (it's literally just inert water) is less likely to kill you than primitive treatments like bloodletting and witchdoctor saliva.

[Brill Weave]

When I was little I watched Kingdom of the Spiders on USA. I've hated spiders ever since.

[Ragnus]

I bet some Venezuelan spider cross-bred with a local spider and made a hoard of babies that are ready to climb out of your drain pipes and kill you. The only solution is to light one of them with an aerosol can and then shoot him into his just-hatching egg sack with a nail gun.

Fucking love that movie.

This type of thing would not sit well with my girlfriend. o.o;

[Ashmada]

Isn't cutting the wound and attempting to suck the toxin out with your mouth the standard old school way of doing things? Why would it make it them sick, other then maybe germs.

Results of sucking out venom: you can get infected as well (any small cut in your mouth and it's in your bloodstream), you can cause necrosis and you're not going to help.
"Grandma remedies": great ways to make things worse.



But anyway, we're talking witch doctors, they probably didn't suck out the venom, just applied some weird mixture of rotten barbs, feces and toxic herbs.
Bloodletting was mentionned, too.

[NynJa]

Well, yeah... like every living thing on the planet always is.

What's that have to do with spiders?

all numbers fabricated to illustrate a point.

Lets say a species evolves every 10000 life cycles.

Humans live approx 100 years, evolution every 1,000,000 years. Insects live what...2 weeks? 26 life cycles per year, evolution every 400 yrs.

Ive seen some fucked up bugs. Last year i saw some strange bees at my work place, i couldnt comprehend it, looked like a wasp, but it had a pouch the size of its torso attached to it where its stinger would be. I couldnt find any pics online. Bed bugs are making a triumphant return the past 2 yrs also.

Idk just somethings goin on

[hey]

all numbers fabricated to illustrate a point.

Lets say a species evolves every 10000 life cycles.

Humans live approx 100 years, evolution every 1,000,000 years. Insects live what...2 weeks? 26 life cycles per year, evolution every 400 yrs.

Ive seen some fucked up bugs. Last year i saw some strange bees at my work place, i couldnt comprehend it, looked like a wasp, but it had a pouch the size of its torso attached to it where its stinger would be. I couldnt find any pics online. Bed bugs are making a triumphant return the past 2 yrs also.

Idk just somethings goin on

You don't have the slightest clue of what you are talking about. I suggest you not talk about evolution until you do some research.

[Khajit]

X-men is not a valid source of scientific material on evolution

[Ghost_Wheel22]

I fully expect these to evolve into facehuggers within a few centuries.

[Dimmauk]

Next we are going to see flying scorpions....LOL

[Ragnus]

Spoiler: show

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