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NEW POISONOUS SPIDER IN THE UNITED STATES
> A spider bite...please read........ ....
> And you thought the brown recluse was bad!!!
> Three women in North Florida , turned up at hospitals over a 5-day
period, all with the same symptoms. Fever, chills, and vomiting,
followed by muscular collapse, paralysis, and finally, death.
> There were no outward signs of trauma. Autopsy results showed
toxicity in the blood.
> These women did not know each other, and seemed to have nothing in
common
> It was discovered, however, that they had all visited the same
restaurant
> (Olive Garden) within days of their deaths. The health department
> descended on the restaurant, shutting it down. The food, water, and
> air conditioning were all inspected and tested, to no avail.
> The big break came when a waitress at the restaurant was rushed
> to the hospital with similar symptoms. She told doctors that she
had
> been on vacation, and had only went to the restaurant to pick up
her check.
> She did not eat or drink while she was there, but had used the
restroom.
> That is when one toxicologist, remembering an article he had read,
> drove out to the restaurant, went into the restroom, and lifted the
toilet seat.. Under the seat, out of normal view, was a small spider.
> The spider was captured and brought back to the lab, where it was
determined to be the Two-Striped Telamonia (Telamonia dimidiata ), so
named because of its reddened flesh color. This spider's venom is
extremely toxic, but can take several days to take effect. They live
in cold, dark, damp
> climates, and toilet rims provide just the right atmosphere.
> Several days later a lawyer from Jacksonville showed up at a
hospital
> emergency room. Before his death, he told the doctor, that he had
been
> away on business, had taken a flight from Indonesia , changing
planes in
> Singapore , before returning home. He did not visit (Olive Garden),
> while there. He did, as did all of the other victims, have what was
determined to be a puncture wound, on his right buttock.
> Investigators discovered that the flight he was on had originated
in India
> The Civilian Aeronautics Board (CAB) ordered an immediate
inspection of
> the toilets of all flights from India , and discovered the Two-
Striped Telamonia spider's nests on 4 different planes!
> It is now believed that these spiders can be anywhere in the
country.
> So please, before you use a public toilet, lift the seat to check
for spiders. It can save your life!
> And please pass this on to everyone you care about.
>
> A spider bite...please read........ ....
> And you thought the brown recluse was bad!!!
> Three women in North Florida , turned up at hospitals over a 5-day
period, all with the same symptoms. Fever, chills, and vomiting,
followed by muscular collapse, paralysis, and finally, death.
> There were no outward signs of trauma. Autopsy results showed
toxicity in the blood.
> These women did not know each other, and seemed to have nothing in
common
> It was discovered, however, that they had all visited the same
restaurant
> (Olive Garden) within days of their deaths. The health department
> descended on the restaurant, shutting it down. The food, water, and
> air conditioning were all inspected and tested, to no avail.
> The big break came when a waitress at the restaurant was rushed
> to the hospital with similar symptoms. She told doctors that she
had
> been on vacation, and had only went to the restaurant to pick up
her check.
> She did not eat or drink while she was there, but had used the
restroom.
> That is when one toxicologist, remembering an article he had read,
> drove out to the restaurant, went into the restroom, and lifted the
toilet seat.. Under the seat, out of normal view, was a small spider.
> The spider was captured and brought back to the lab, where it was
determined to be the Two-Striped Telamonia (Telamonia dimidiata ), so
named because of its reddened flesh color. This spider's venom is
extremely toxic, but can take several days to take effect. They live
in cold, dark, damp
> climates, and toilet rims provide just the right atmosphere.
> Several days later a lawyer from Jacksonville showed up at a
hospital
> emergency room. Before his death, he told the doctor, that he had
been
> away on business, had taken a flight from Indonesia , changing
planes in
> Singapore , before returning home. He did not visit (Olive Garden),
> while there. He did, as did all of the other victims, have what was
determined to be a puncture wound, on his right buttock.
> Investigators discovered that the flight he was on had originated
in India
> The Civilian Aeronautics Board (CAB) ordered an immediate
inspection of
> the toilets of all flights from India , and discovered the Two-
Striped Telamonia spider's nests on 4 different planes!
> It is now believed that these spiders can be anywhere in the
country.
> So please, before you use a public toilet, lift the seat to check
for spiders. It can save your life!
> And please pass this on to everyone you care about.
>
