Many
information about toxic spiders have gone viral on the internet, published to
be so fatal that could cause necrosis. The good thing is, this is written to
warn people and to guarantee safety in case real venomous spiders are
encountered. The bad thing is, some people who really did encounter these
spiders and had been bitten, were so scared to death of what will happen to
them after browsing the internet for information.
Australian white-tailed spider |
At least it’s good news because
one case claimed to have no sign of necrosis after being bitten by an
Australian white-tailed spider, a known toxic spider which had a reputation for
being so toxic it could kill a human who’s bitten. While the victim was
anxious for his own safety, his doctor, Dr. Scott Weinstein, a toxinologist
at Women's and Children's Hospital in North Adelaide, Australia has given him treatments and wrote the study after a month of observation in the absence of toxic effects. This new study
is now published in the journal Toxicon for updates.
Hobo spider |
Wolf spider |
The three spiders that were
wrongly accused are: The white-tailed spider, the hobo spider, and the wolf
spider.
Source here.
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