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/an/, some guy in Germany who kept an insect/reptile zoo in his apartment got bit by his black widow and his body was feasted on for 7-14 days. http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2004092008,00.html

So my question is, would anyone here keep a black widow as a pet?!
>> Anonymous
Yes. I'd just never ever take it out, and wear heavy leather gloves when I feed it.
>> Anonymous
NO.
as i had bad experiences with the little fucks.
>> Anonymous
>>136342
elaborate
>> Anonymous
>>136342

Redassed bitchspider go where?
>> Anonymous
>>136355
Since my dad hurt his back, he asked me to take his pickup out to this hick's house to pick up some cheap firewood. So I did, I get there, pay the trailer trash and go to pick up a bundle of logs. As soon as I stand up straight, a bunch of those little fuckers just start crawling out from between the logs and every fucking crack possible. It was like a fucking swarm and they were all going up my arms and shit.
Naturally, I freaked the fuck out. Almost screamed like a little girl while I did an advanced version of the 'ew dance' and run backwards a good ten feet. I pretty much stripped down to my briefs on the spot, left my clothes, got in the truck and got the hell out of there.

needless to say, even though i didn't get bit, i had a phobia of all bugs for the next few weeks and constantly thought things were crawling on me.
that day i went from being a man to a little girl in ten seconds.
>> Anonymous
>>136369

I lol'd,bit that does suck.
>> Anonymous
I've had three harmless pet tarantulas, but I wouldn't ever own a black widow or any other deadly spiders. Taratulas are slow, mine weren't poisonous and do to having their skeletons on the the outside they crack like eggs.
>> Anonymous
>>136369
and how did you explain coming back not only empty handed, nearly nude, and without the money?
>> Anonymous
>>136383
I yelled to him through his window that the wood was water logged and that I'd go buy the wood from a store of something.
Then drove back to my apartment and a a few days later just bought him wood from some camping store.

end.
>> Anonymous
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yep. I love spiders (especially wolf spiders) and they are considerably faster and potentially more dangerous than black widows. On the other hand i prefer furry spiders because I find them cuter lol.
>> Anonymous
bump
>> Anonymous
>>136379

All tarantulas are technically venomous (NOT poisonous, those are two different things). It's just that the toxin is mild, similar to a bee's sting. However, if you are allergic to insect bites and get bit by a tarantula... well, you can be pretty fucked.
>> Anonymous
my friend keeps a black widow, and it seems to work out fine. All you do is catch a bug, open the top a crack, throw the bug in, and close the cage. I can't imagine it escaping, it runs away from the top opening into its hole. Unless the cage were to fall over and break, it's basically fool proof.
>> Anonymous
brrrrr. what a nightmare. my therapist says i have an extreme form of arachnephobia. uhuhuhuhuh jeesus christ! this story will fuckin creep me out for at least a week...
>> Anonymous
man why can't anything like what happened to the dude who was chowed down on happen to someone i hate. like that fuck across the street who keeps a shitload of creepycrawlys in his house. he brags about his knowledge to anyone who will listen. one day an insect will get out and bite the fucker then he'll knock over the other cages and then... its lunch time!
>> Anonymous
hmmm i once thought i saw a black marble in my lawn. i reached over to pick it up but then it started moving! i immediately backed away but hit my mailbox and fell over right in front of my hot ass neighbor who was walking down the street. even though that little fucker scared the shit out of me i now have coffee every once in a while with the chick of my dreams. sigh now if only a black widow got on her and i flicked it off. i would totaly save her life and be rewarded with sex... or at least a steady relationship
>> Anonymous
she only went out with you to coffee because she felt sorry for you and wanted to mooch coffee off of you chump
>> Anonymous
As far as I know Black Widow venom, while being dangerous, doesn't act fast enough to stop you from summoning help. So how did this guy get bit and then die on his couch without calling for an ambulance? Did he just sit down on the couch and decide to chill it out?
>> Anonymous
>>136464
you don't know who paid
>> Anonymous
>>136458
chances are he's just smarter than you and nothing bad will ever happen

>>136462
ask her out on a real date dumbfuck
>> Anonymous
>>136465
if you were bit while taking a nice nap? think that tiny spider is going to noticeably tear into you like a deranged fishing cat?
>> tigerfeather !CrwtTbFNxQ
I actually had a black widow as a pet for about two years, until she died (recently) of old age. I fed her small crickets and didn't pet her. ~shrug~

I just want to know what kind of condition the guy was in before he got bit - generally a black widow bite won't kill a healthy adult. It wouldn't be fun, but you probably wouldn't die.
>> Anonymous
>>136476
Oy, alvays vith the fishing cats...
Actually, I've heard that venomous bites hurt like bitches, at least when the venom kicks in. Dunno if true.
>> Anonymous
>>136465
Dude was probably fucked up in the head and didnt want anyone to find out about his jumgle and get it taken away so tried to take it like a man.
>> Anonymous
Don't the vast majority of people survive black widow bites? In fact I'm sure the vast majority of people who die from black widow bites are children and old people.
>> Anonymous
so
>> Anonymous
>>Danger ... he kept snakes

OH FUCK!!

To answer the OP's question: No I would not keep a black widow on purpose. That's fucking stupid.

>>136419
How is a wolf spider even remotely as dangerous as a black widow? Last I checked their venom wasn't fatal to humans.
>> Anonymous
Speaking from personal experience, black widow bites will not kill you if you are young (I was 20 at the time), but will make you wish you were dead. Most hospitals will not give the anti-venom treatment unless you are very old or very young; supposedly because you can only have the treatment once in a lifetime without dying.
>> Anonymous
>>136702

So you just endured the pain until it went away?! How long did it last? Wow...
>> Anonymous
I am not sure if they could even penetrate human flesh.
>> Anonymous
>>136765
Are you suggesting all black widow bites in the history of forever were merely flukes?
>> Anonymous
>>136787

That's not exactly what I am suggesting. More likely, they were actually bites from other spider species which were blamed on the black widow due to its unsavory mating and eating habits... wait, those are the same thing.
>> Anonymous
>>136803
...wut?
>> Anonymous
>>136324
Winnar of darwin award
>> Arutima
>>136423

the thing that hurt the most about tarentulas are their frigging huge chelicera that hurt like fuck when it penetrate into your skin
>> Anonymous
I feel bad for the people that had to clean that mess up
>> Anonymous
Black Widows are so sexy looking.
>> Muhamed Christbergstein !iX9wdiXS9k
“He had spiders so aggressive they are the equivalent of a pit-bull in the animal world.”

So what are pit-bulls then?
>> Anonymous
>>137078
they are dogs. aggressive dogs. woof woof.
>> Muhamed Christbergstein !iX9wdiXS9k
>>137079
thanks, i was totally clueless for a second there.
>> Anonymous
>>137083
I'll refrain from poking fun at you, especially given your faggotry. The moar interesting question would be, "what are the pit bulls of the spider world and why?"
>> Anonymous
ads
>> Anonymous
spdr in ma bafroom D:
>> Anonymous
>>137085

Funnelwebs or mouse spiders. Fuckers are bloody tenacious, I've seen grown men being chased down by those spiders with their front legs raised.
>> Anonymous
fuck spiders

fuck them up the ass
>> Anonymous
>>137091
jesus christ
>> Anonymous
>>137092


I say
>> Anonymous
>>137085
>>137079

Idiots. What he meant was that if a spider is the equivalent of a pit-bull _in the animal world_, what's a pit-bull if not an animal?
>> Anonymous
>>137092
silly rabbit - spiders dont have asses..they have spinnerets..mmm...dunno how youd fuck em there though.
>> Anonymous
>>137124
Apparently they are simply child-mauling automatons.
>> Anonymous
>>136803
ha ha, oh wow!
>> Anonymous
Tarantulas are so scared of humans though. They are awesome pets to watch eat too. They zoom out and grab the cricket, then nomnom it right on the spot!
>> Anonymous
When I was little, my dad took me to the junk yard once while he was practicing his shooting skills on some cans. A tarantula came out right near me and I screamed, and he shot it.

I probably sounded like white trash, but I'm actually Asian.
>> Anonymous
>>137211

That completely depends on the species. Cobalt blues are some vicious fuckers and will definitely try to attack you if you so much as think about putting any body part in or near their habitat. Plus, lots of those little fuckers are hair kickers.
>> Anonymous
>>137124
“[He had spiders so aggressive] [they are the equivalent of a pit-bull in the animal world].”

Spiders of unnamed type = Pit-bull in the animal world

In terms of aggression.

I put brackets in.

Help you read.

Get it now?

LOL
>> Anonymous
No thanks.
>> Anonymous
>>137279
It still is worded in such a way that you could interpret it as "if a pit bull was an animal (instead of a child mauling automaton) it would be as aggressive as this spider"
It can also be interpreted as "if this spider was an animal it would be as aggressive as a pit bull." Meaning if the spider's owner chained it to a tree all day it would maul children. Interpreting it this way makes the spider into a child-mauling automaton. Which, I'm sure everyone would agree, is awesome.
>> Anonymous
>>137349
I lol'd, especially at
>child mauling automaton
>> follow the butterflies
no. i hate every spider on the face of the earth!
>> Anonymous
>>137609
AMEN!!!
>> Anonymous
Just so everybody knows, this article is retarded and fake. Since when do termites and spiders eat people? Also, he had one snake and it was nonvenemous.

DANGER...HE KEPT SNAKES!
>> Anonymous
fortuned
>> Anonymous
when i was a kid i had one
i fed her those little brown house spiders
>> Anonymous
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this is an accurate depiction of how he died
>> Anonymous
How the hell can a german policeofficer instantly recognize the cause of death as a black widow sting?
>> Anonymous
Jesus...wtf man.
>> Anonymous
this is so fucking fake
>> Anonymous
>>138128
you know I've been wondering that myself...
>> Anonymous
>>138128
instantly?
I'd say they made an autopsy afterwards.