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 Stanley
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| posted on July 8th, 2003 at 07:19 PM |
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Don't view this if your squemish or arachnophobic
This was day 3 after a spider bite.
and its not me.
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Stanley
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| posted on July 8th, 2003 at 07:21 PM |
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Bear with me please.
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Stanley
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| posted on July 8th, 2003 at 07:26 PM |
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try again
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Stanley
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| posted on July 8th, 2003 at 07:28 PM |
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Right this is day 10 there's other pictures but i'll cut to the chase you 'll get the idea. Don't no what happened in the end .
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| posted on July 8th, 2003 at 07:36 PM |
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That almost made me sick:puke
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| posted on July 8th, 2003 at 08:00 PM |
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| posted on July 8th, 2003 at 08:02 PM |
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i've seen those before...if i remember correctly, it was the bite of a brown recluse spider
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| posted on July 8th, 2003 at 08:12 PM |
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Well thats a good reason to kill the little bastards.
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The_Bronze.
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| posted on July 8th, 2003 at 08:20 PM |
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Sleep tight - don't let the bed bugs bite!
This was caused by the " Brown Recluse or Fiddleback - Loxosceles reclusa " A fairly harmless spider until it bites you.
Fortunately this affliction only affects 10% of its victims.
Fortunately for us it live in the mid-western states of the United States like Arkansas, Oklahoma and Missouri. It is not aggressive.
"The spider's venom contains an enzyme that destroys cell membranes in the wound area with affected tissue gradually sloughing away,
exposing underlying tissues. Within 24 hours, the bite site can erupt into a 'volcano lesion'" This specific reaction is called
loxoscelism.
You can read more about it here. http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2061.html
Fortunately we dont miss out as we have our own called the White Tail or Lampona sp. and another around Adelaide called the Loxosceles
rufescens.
[Above] -Lampona sp. is an urban spider found in most parts of Australia it also uses Necrotising Arachnidism . The have a cylindrical body
with either white or Grey on the tail. Blister and redness is the most common side effect and few bites result in ulceration but when this occurs
little can be done to prevent it.
"The majority of alleged cases of necrotising arachnidism in Australia are based on circumstantial evidence at best."
Their are sevel species of White tail and it is not know why the skin reacts the way it does. Most healthy people will suffer slight skin irritation
and then some will uncerate and suffer continious on going illness. Black widow, black house spider and wolf spiders are also suspected of necrotising
arachnidism. This last image is of a suspected wolf spider bite onto a forearm.
I love being a social / physical scientist - you can imagine how interesing my lessons get. We just finished an introduction of WWII for history - how
interesting was that for the kiddies from a volkswagenist point of view!
[Edited on 8-7-2003 by The_Bronze.]
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Stanley
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| posted on July 8th, 2003 at 08:27 PM |
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Well, bronze I am impressed:thumb:thumb:thumb
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The_Bronze.
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| posted on July 8th, 2003 at 08:35 PM |
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I aim to please 
Their are heaps of web pages but the best and easiest to read for the layman is this one -
http://www.avru.unimelb.edu.au/avruweb/wtspage.htm
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| posted on July 8th, 2003 at 10:41 PM |
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if you really really want to be grossed out go have a look at
www.rotten.com
Some of the photos are really foul so beware, some are plain classics. |
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The_Bronze.
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| posted on July 9th, 2003 at 08:46 AM |
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Been there / seen that!
That site is not for the squeemish and don't go there before sleeping.
I'll advise you not to post their pictures on this forum as if people want to see them they can open a browser. My wife want to be a forensic
photographer so she is regulary at rotten.com. Their are some really funny pics their two. Look at it for long enough and you start to feel a bit
depraved yourself.
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| posted on July 9th, 2003 at 09:32 AM |
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After being bitten in both foot then hand by a redback in February the ambos told me that the infections from the spider bites is actually more
dangerous than the invenomation. (I didn't get any infection - heaps of antibiotics while in hospital - bu the pain from a redback bite lasts
months!)
Even a lowly huntsman can do enormous damage if the wound isn't cleaned properly and anti-biotics used if necesasry.
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| posted on July 9th, 2003 at 03:37 PM |
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Yeah, It's actually the bacteria that clings to the spider that often cause such bad wounds. That's also why the severity of bites will
differ between people.
Some pretty pictures there though, I can't even imagine how damn much that would hurt! I'm sure you could do some pretty cool party tricks
with it though.........:repuke
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| posted on July 10th, 2003 at 09:02 AM |
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"Ya call that a scar lad - here - This is a scar!"
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| posted on July 10th, 2003 at 07:22 PM |
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YUUUUUCK:puke:repuke |
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