Posted on 06/16/2018 4:42:16 AM PDT by aomagrat
Sometimes you might find a stray bug or worm in your produce, but a dangerous black widow spider? Believe it.
That was the case for Jacob Vaughn, who bought a bunch of fresh broccoli at Kroger in Maumee, only to find a large arachnid alive and acting feisty on the vegetables.
The South Toledo man said he discovered the spider while washing off the broccoli before cooking it when "the spider came out and started waving his hands. It was pretty obvious he was alive since he was throwing his hands in every direction. He did not seem pleased."
Vaughn got tongs and took the piece of broccoli he was on and double bagged it in zip-top bags so it wouldn't get out.
Snip..
Vaughn's mother, Chandra, posted about the ordeal on Facebook groups as a "reminder to carefully check produce," she said.
Cheryl Garcia, a friend of Chandra's, saw the photo of the black widow spider and realized she could help, since she is with a rescue facility that would give the spider a second chance. As of Thursday night, an adoption was pending for "Broccoli," the black widow spider. Broccoli was being housed with Life with Elliott and Friends, in conjunction with Another Chance Sanctuary, a rescue facility in Fremont.
(Excerpt) Read more at wistv.com ...
Cool! I love posts like yours.
That used to happen a lot in the old days, it happened to one of my uncles and my youngest brother had a best buddy who was always called “Spider”. I never knew why until I met his older brother and he asked me if I knew where the nickname came from. I told him no and he went on to explain that “Spider” had been conceived while his father was lying in bed recovering from a spider bite on his testicles.
My Kinda Spider!
Next time, wait ‘til you get home. :(
In 1939 Nan Songer was informed of a great U.S. government need for spider silk. Hearing this, she went out and collected spiders and their egg sacs from plants and trees, placing them in glass jars and housing them in the front of her farmhouse.
Well into her operation, a San Bernardino newspaper wrote a story on Songer’s efforts and informed the public of her need for black widow spiders. Unexpectedly, her supply greatly increased when readers began sending her shipments of arachnids from across the country. This was done in spite of the federal law prohibiting shipments of poisonous insects. However, instead of contacting her to condemn this event, the government merely requested silk.
The U.S. Bureau of Standards asked Songer for thread with a one ten thousandth inch diameter. This was no easy feat, and it took about two years to separate each thread into smaller two or three pieces. She used banded, golden, black widow, and lynx spiders throughout this process, which she considered the top producers. Her amassed silk was used for bombsights and instruments in high altitude bombers and was sold at a price of twenty dollars for every hundred feet.
Sources:
http://hubpages.com/…/The-patriotic-black-widow-spiders-of-…;
http://www.amerisurv.com/…/TheAmericanSurveyor_BediniAlongC…;
http://www.ww2incolor.com/homefront/spider.html
I think you’re really close to the bullseye. Unless the Lord figured all that up and the time Donald works toward salvaging our Nation is already baked into the cake. But Jesus DID say, “This generation shall not pass away until....” That generation is now 70+ years old. The Rapture is near.
Hands UP ! Don’t Squash !
Heh...that's funny.
Every time I go to the PortaJohn at my range, there are several of those things in there.
I mentioned it once at a safety meeting and there were suggestions to shoot the things.
Believe me, I came close to it on more than one occasion.
I got bit by one of those damned things at Fort Polk, eons ago, and it took nearly 6 months to heal.
I missed a deployment because of it and I still have the scar on my hand.
I hate 'em.
I can just imagine having that kind of bite on a "sensitive" portion of my anatomy.
LOL
Good source of protein.
I found a small stone in a can of Tuna about 30 years ago ,it’s right here on my bookshelf ,LOl
That’s what you get when you buy “fresh”.
i hope ya did not sit on it!!
Those and the B Widow loved to nest in telephone cable closures in S Fla.
Bite ya and yer skin rotted from the inside out, nasty bite.
slow news day . . . . . .
Yup. For a healthy adult, a black widow bite is nasty but rarely too severe. A brown recluse bite? Usually very sever. As in hospital time or worse. Have a friend who almost died and in fact had a large chunk of his thigh cut out because of one. Almost lost his leg. (I’ve been bitten by both but for some reason - maybe because I’ve been stung about 1,000 times by bees, wasps, and hornets - I’m largely immune. The brown recluse bite did leave a scar.)
How do I find that Black Widow in my broccoli?!
I’d be very polite of course. She - and Scarlet Johansson who plays her and does most of her own stunts - could probably kick my rear. Also, I am a Texas gentleman.
Since I’ve been having trouble with medical stuff including a suspicious itchy area for months, possible bite, I’ve read that neither of these spiders is really that big a threat.
Sort of like what I found out about scorpions. Not to mention the myth of the lemmings and piranhas.
IMHO. The spider was probably a female. She probably ate her mate.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.