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To: jmax

My Brother who taught biology for over 40 years told me that all spiders are venomous. Maybe there is an exception but that is basically what he said.

The good news is most of them are not harmful to humans and most of those whose venom is harmful, have no way of injecting it. For instance the daddy longlegs has very toxic venom but it can’t get it’s venom into humans.


11 posted on 06/03/2012 8:50:53 AM PDT by yarddog
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To: yarddog
"For instance the daddy longlegs has very toxic venom but it can’t get it’s venom into humans."

YET...

12 posted on 06/03/2012 9:35:04 AM PDT by goodnesswins (What has happened to America?)
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To: yarddog
For instance the daddy longlegs has very toxic venom but it can’t get it’s venom into humans.

Old myth, and untrue...

http://spiders.ucr.edu/daddylonglegs.html

21 posted on 06/03/2012 12:27:13 PM PDT by TheBigB (Hippie liberal chick: "What do I do about birth control?" Me: "Just use your personality.")
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