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To: Pyro7480

Move to Maine


4 posted on 06/01/2005 7:20:26 AM PDT by newsgatherer
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To: newsgatherer
Move to Maine,

A friend of a friend of mine was apparently bitten by a Brown Recluse spider on a visit to Maine about 7 or 8 years ago (Islesboro, in Penobscot Bay). He was bitten on the thumb while picking wildflowers. It became infected and the doctors had to amputate the top joint.

I think these things are fairly rare, but it's always possible that one of them may get into that proverbial shipment of bananas or otherwise hitch a ride into new territory.

107 posted on 06/01/2005 8:03:42 AM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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