Snake alert!!!
#77
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I'm surprised he didn't lose his leg. The lady at the Smithsonian said her college friend was bitten on the arm by one whilst she was walking in the woods. She had to have her arm amputated.
#78
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I think a lot depends on how soon you get first treatment - apparently, you rarely know you've been bitten, until a while later, when it wells up. By then, the necrosis has already started.
#79
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My friend got bitten in the small of her back. She didn't think anything of it, but then of course she couldn't see it. then a week later, she woke up and couldn't move her legs. long story short, a month in the hospital, hooked up to a vacuum pump....permanent nerve damage.
#80
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I've been stung by one twice.
On two consecutive days.
It was in Mexico though, and they had got into the legs of my jeans, which I did check before putting on but apparently not thoroughly enough. I took an antihistamine, in case of allergic reaction, and the locals gave me milk (). Obviously not fatal, about as painful as, say, six wasps altogether. But there are many varieties. The ones in northern Mexico are the nasty ones apparently, and in North Africa.
On two consecutive days.
It was in Mexico though, and they had got into the legs of my jeans, which I did check before putting on but apparently not thoroughly enough. I took an antihistamine, in case of allergic reaction, and the locals gave me milk (). Obviously not fatal, about as painful as, say, six wasps altogether. But there are many varieties. The ones in northern Mexico are the nasty ones apparently, and in North Africa.
If some one is stung or bitten call poison control straight away, keep their number on the fridge. Before the suggestions that has nothing to do with my wife's cooking.
#81
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Sorry Weeze....we're not that far from you....neighbour up the road gets scorpions in her garage regularly......the park on Peek just north of Fry is notorious for Black Widows under the playset.....and ....no....I'll save the bit about the copperheads for later....too much all at once.....
#82
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Sorry Weeze....we're not that far from you....neighbour up the road gets scorpions in her garage regularly......the park on Peek just north of Fry is notorious for Black Widows under the playset.....and ....no....I'll save the bit about the copperheads for later....too much all at once.....
#83
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And I know they hide in bedding so it's best not to make up and spare beds you have until the night before you're due to have guests.
#84
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Sorry Weeze....we're not that far from you....neighbour up the road gets scorpions in her garage regularly......the park on Peek just north of Fry is notorious for Black Widows under the playset.....and ....no....I'll save the bit about the copperheads for later....too much all at once.....
#85
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I don't think the spiders will get you at night - thats more likely to be the cockroaches that crawl into open mouths looking for moisture and end up choking the host.....
#87
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Too right - they are your absolute best friends around here. They eat all sorts of nasties! Almost as good as having a toddler!
#88
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I have had soldiers with the same damage, one was bitten on the neck, didn't know it and had a lot of damage, another his leg like that guy on the calf.
#89
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Tee hee hee! Weeze was telling me all about nasties last night - now I know why!
#90
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A fellow expat friend of mine got bitten by a brown recluse on her first day here. She was lucky though and had no lasting damage.
I had my first black widow experience the other day. I was shifting boxes in the unfinished bit of our basement and disturbed it. I got one hell of a fright, back in the UK I used to just put spiders outside but here I'm taking no chances.
I had my first black widow experience the other day. I was shifting boxes in the unfinished bit of our basement and disturbed it. I got one hell of a fright, back in the UK I used to just put spiders outside but here I'm taking no chances.