Yahoo article on spider bites

[paassatt]

It's nice to see a mainstream media source interested in the truth instead of sensationalism.

http://news.yahoo.com/surprising-cause-most-spider-bites-163944651.html

 

[Bongo Fury]

Good article but I should've known better than to read the comments.

 

[Kazaam]

I'd be happy about that but the comments ruined it for me.

 

[Biollantefan54]

I loved the article but as always I read the comments-stupid me! I didn't see but maybe 1 nice comment about spiders, the rest were to say the least, not very nice. People are so ignorant.

 

[The Snark]

Recluse bite fact

Yup. Good article. Let's just make this quote from Vetter a little visible for future search reference.

"In South Carolina, 940 physicians responding to a survey reported a total of 478 brown recluse spider bites in the state — but only one brown recluse bite has ever been definitively confirmed in the state."

And no, I wasn't dumb enough to read the comments. You guys should have known better! SHEESH and TSK TSK!!!

 

[paassatt]

Part of me wonders if so many people really have such a fear of spiders, or if many of them only go along with the rest of the crowd because being scared of them or revolted by them is what is supposed to be the "norm." We all know that most people are wont to buy into the sheep mentality anyway.

 

[barbarella]

Nice.

That doesn't look like Sosippus californicus in the pic though...

 

[The Snark]

Part of me wonders if so many people really have such a fear of spiders, or if many of them only go along with the rest of the crowd because being scared of them or revolted by them is what is supposed to be the "norm." We all know that most people are wont to buy into the sheep mentality anyway.

A quote for you: "It takes only a fraction of a second for a person during their formative years to permanently record the reaction of their life and health provider to what they deem a hazard. The hippocampus takes absolute and overwhelming control as it records the incident in the pre frontal cortex.' IE See a parent go spider freak, that response is yours for life.

 

[paassatt]

A quote for you: "It takes only a fraction of a second for a person during their formative years to permanently record the reaction of their life and health provider to what they deem a hazard. The hippocampus takes absolute and overwhelming control as it records the incident in the pre frontal cortex.' IE See a parent go spider freak, that response is yours for life.

That's an interesting quote and insight.