Arachnophobia - you know, spiders and stuff (4 Viewers)

[Cormcolash]

BBC - Earth - Journey inside a giant spider

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

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[7 - No tomorrow]

BBC - Earth - Journey inside a giant spider

Good stuff

 

[nooleen]

 

[Cormcolash]

Spider invasion | Metro News

 

[Cormcolash]

This Spider Is A Good Enough Reason to Separate Cork from the Rest of the Country | Her.ie - The website for Irish women

 

[washingcattle]

BBC News - False widow spider bite 'led to finger amputation'

Fuck that.

 

[ann post]

Spider bite left Irishman in intensive care after venomous beast started feasting on his shoulder

Spider bite left Irishman in intensive care after venomous beast started feasting on his shoulder - Irish Mirror Online

 

[Cormcolash]

BBC News - False widow spider bite 'led to finger amputation'

Fuck that.

THat'd be shit. You'd spend years going to pick things up and dropping them by mistake.

 

[ernesto]

Spider bite left Irishman in intensive care after venomous beast started feasting on his shoulder

Spider bite left Irishman in intensive care after venomous beast started feasting on his shoulder - Irish Mirror Online

Must've been an allergic reaction?

 

[washingcattle]

THat'd be shit. You'd spend years going to pick things up and dropping them by mistake.

To be honest the first time I saw it I didn't notice she was missing a finger. The surgeons did a fine job.

 

[Cormcolash]

Must've been an allergic reaction?

Na, as far as I know the science shows that fear triggers a rush of pheromones which actually react with the spider venom causing the bite to become much more dangerous.
Naturally, people who are scared of spiders are therefore much more at risk from these bites, whereas people who aren't scared of spiders generally just get a little prick like from a wasp sting.

 

[ernesto]

Na, as far as I know the science shows that fear triggers a rush of pheromones which actually react with the spider venom causing the bite to become much more dangerous.
Naturally, people who are scared of spiders are therefore much more at risk from these bites, whereas people who aren't scared of spiders generally just get a little prick like from a wasp sting.

fuuuuuuuck

 

[Mormon Nailer]

This Spider Is A Good Enough Reason to Separate Cork from the Rest of the Country | Her.ie - The website for Irish women

Jesus
thats a scrote tightener that is

 

[Cormcolash]

fuuuuuuuck

Spoiler

Or it might be that I'm talking complete bollocks for a laugh

 

[hermie]

Any else noticing tonnes of spiders this autumn, like never before? There's loads in our house. I've been keeping them around to get rid of the flies but starting to get a bit freaked now.

 

[washingcattle]

Ha the way you lads go on you'd swear you live on an island of gentrified hipster hang outs filled with spiders.

 

[Mormon Nailer]

I counted 8 on the garage door the other night
8
fucking 8

 

[Cormcolash]

I woke up this morning and there was a spider crawling up the wall 6 inches from my face

 

[jonah]

I was half asleep a few weeks back, and I rolled over on my bed and looked onto the floor and saw a spider THE SIZE OF MY HAND. I yelped and when I looked back it was gone.

Now, I'm arachnophobia. Like, actually, fucking phobic. I locked myself in the upstairs bathroom and cried my eyes out while verging on a panic attack. We had a guest over that night so the couch was occupied, so I went back into my room, put about 5 pairs of socks on and slippers (I have this weird thing about being barefoot if there's a spider near) and sat on my chair all night, with the light on. Went into work the next day without going to bed, then spent the next 3 days or so in my boyfriends house. When I eventually went back, I had to sleep with my fairy lights on.

Anyway, after all of this drama its only now I realise.. the spider probably wasn't even there. Like, I searched the room and there was no trace of him, and I never saw him move, just disappear. I'm prone to hallucinations when I'm overtired, and as a kid at the height of my phobia, I "imagined" spiders all the time.

Anyway, I'm not sure where this is going, but I'm a wimp.