Spiders Anyone?
Reuters Odd News Summary
By Reuters
PUBLISHED: 07:58 EST, 24 January 2017 | UPDATED: 07:58 EST, 24 January 2017
Following is a summary of current odd news briefs.
Australia zoo urges people to catch deadly spiders as antidote runs low
An Australian zookeeper on Tuesday urged people to catch and donate deadly funnel-web spiders, to help replenish stocks of antidote running low after a spate of spider bites. The Australian Reptile Park, the country's sole supplier of funnel-web venom to antidote producers since 1981, relies on the public to hand in spiders that are milked for the venom used to produce an antidote.
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We thought writing a blog post was challenging. What if you had to beg people to catch spiders in order for your website to be successful? It is a little easier to attract them with "honey", our content.
Anyone want to take them up on their offer? LOL
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Thank goodness we don't have to catch spiders for our blogs to be successful.
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I understand that spiders venom, as well as some snakes, can be used as antidotes for various other bites from horrible things. While living in the Gulf Coast of Florida. I saw many, many scorpions, but not that many spiders like I see in Virginia. Huge hairy things, and then the small black widow, brown recluse, etc. I am a person that fears spiders and all arachnids. Oddly enough, snakes do not bother me. Good post for those that have the no fear aspect going on.
It was just an odd piece of news I ran across with one of my Google alerts.