Australians are now being warned of possible deadly spider outbreak

[MindWars]

(CBS) – Australians, already reeling from months of devastating bushfires, have been warned they face a potential “bonanza” of “super dangerous” funnel-web spiders. While experts have voiced fears that the bushfires have killed as many as a billion wild animals, and pushed as many as 100 species closer to extinction, the deadly spiders are apparently thriving.

Australians are now being warned of a possible deadly "spider outbreak"


Well isn't that lovely now lets worry about getting the crap bit out of us ......Just what these people need.

 

[Kat]

ewwwwwwwwww OMG!

 

[cnm]

No worries. If they rub a lump of coal on any spider bites they'll be all good.

 

[badger2]

One should not count on a lump of coal as an antidote. Once bitten, death can occur within half an hour. There could be a serious shortage of anti-venom. We have to yet verify that Atrax robustus migration happens in March. Post #22 of the Evolution of the Saxophone thread gave the amino acid sequence of the male venom, which can be played as music:

10 Dec 2018 Atrax robustus Male Venom Amino Acid Sequence
usmessageboard.com/threads/evolution-of-the-saxophone.713690/page#3post-21362136

 

[badger2]

30 Minutes: Northern Tree Funnel Web

 

[cnm]

One should not count on a lump of coal as an antidote.

All Australians should count on a lump of coal for everything.

 

[fncceo]

No worries. If they rub a lump of coal on any spider bites they'll be all good.

I thought you guys hated coal.

 

[cnm]

I thought you guys hated coal.

We think Australians should rub themselves with it...

 

[fncceo]

I thought you guys hated coal.

We think Australians should rub themselves with it...

 

[Likkmee]

ewwwwwwwwww OMG!

WOW. My GF said that at about 11 pm !

 

[badger2]

Duh, try a lump of coal on this one post-fire: Sat 25 Jan 2020 Herald Sun, Man Who Brought Coronavirus to Melbourne Could Have Exposed Many Others....'arrived in Melbourne at 9 AM Sun Jan 19 China Southern Airlines flight CZ321 from Guangzhou. The flight included codeshare passengers from Qantas flight QF 330, among four others.'

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Get the Raid out.

 

[badger2]

It's simple math: fire kills bugs that spiders eat. Hungry spiders migrating despite mating season will tempt them into places they don't normally go.

 

[Dick Foster]

It's simple math: fire kills bugs that spiders eat. Hungry spiders migrating despite mating season will tempt them into places they don't normally go.

Ok but why didn't the fire kill off the spiders along with everything else?

 

[badger2]

Would not Atrax have fire resistance due to its web as well as subterranean access? Many flying, web-caught insects would definitely be killed. Aboriginals should know about this.

 

[badger2]

Australia: US Crew Dead

 

[badger2]

Super Atrax
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