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A four-hour erection and then death: The fate awaiting any man bitten by deadly spider
www.dailymail.co.uk ^ | 24 June 2015 | By Gemma Mullin

Posted on 07/27/2017 6:09:55 AM PDT by Red Badger

A family have been left terrified after fearing one the world's deadliest spiders has taken residence in their home after entering Britain in a bunch of bananas.

Michaela Egan, 24, from Rainham, Essex, noticed a suspicious white spider cocoon on a bunch she bought had from her local Tesco four days earlier and took a picture of it.

She posted the image on her Facebook page and friends suggested it could be a Brazilian wandering spider, whose venom gives male victims a painful four-hour erection before killing them.

The mother-of-two immediately put it in a sealed bag and returned it to the Rainham store where staff offered her a full refund before sending the banana off to be tested.

But Ms Egan ... is concerned the spider may have laid eggs and baby spiders could have hatched in her home.

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The Brazilian wandering spider is known for building webbed nests on bananas and according to Guinness World Records, they are the most venomous arachnid on the planet.

The spiders got their name because they are known to wander the jungle floor at night, rather than residing in a lair or maintaining a web.

During the day they hide inside termite mounds, under fallen logs and rocks, and in banana plants.

Although the Brazilian wandering spider venom is the most toxic - with death occurring within two hours of a bite - an effective anti-venom is available and few fatalities occur.

Its venom is currently being studied for use in erectile dysfunction treatments after it was found that a bite from one of the spiders can give male victims a painful four-hour erection.

Jamie Robins, a conservation officer for wildlife charity Buglife, said Brazilian wandering spider nests are normally the size of half a snooker ball.

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TOPICS: Gardening; Health/Medicine; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: arachnid; arachnids; brazillian; erection; spider; spiders; wandering
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To: dayglored

At least he’d be the talk of the morgue. What a way to go.


21 posted on 07/27/2017 6:59:20 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: bgill

“Wow, look at that stiff on the stiff...”


22 posted on 07/27/2017 7:00:22 AM PDT by bar sin·is·ter
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To: utahb52
“Since death occurs in 2 hours how does one get a 4 hour erection?”

Could be, at the halfway point, his wife shot him in self-defense.

23 posted on 07/27/2017 7:05:29 AM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: Red Badger

A beautiful bunch of ripe banana
Daylight come and me wanna go home
Hide the deadly black tarantula
Daylight come and me wanna go home


24 posted on 07/27/2017 7:12:46 AM PDT by sportutegrl
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To: Red Badger

Four-hour woody. Death. Woody ... Death ...

Hold on. Let me think this through ...


25 posted on 07/27/2017 7:27:26 AM PDT by IronJack
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To: sportutegrl

Best version ever was Stan Freeberg’s, my introduction to the song, but this animation added a wonderful new dimension...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-TApnxnCTY


26 posted on 07/27/2017 7:31:43 AM PDT by gnickgnack2 ( Another bad day for Trump, he only got seven major things accomplished .)
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To: iontheball

“Both the spider and the gallows are a helluva way to achieve one.”

Especially remembering waking up in a tent every morning when 13 with no fatal outcomes.


27 posted on 07/27/2017 7:39:30 AM PDT by Bonemaker
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To: bgill

“At least he’d be the talk of the morgue. What a way to go.”

Hard to close the casket.


28 posted on 07/27/2017 7:42:03 AM PDT by Bonemaker
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To: sagar

If it lasts for more than four hours, call a mortician.


29 posted on 07/27/2017 7:43:23 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: sportutegrl

Too bad it didn’t bite Harry.


30 posted on 07/27/2017 7:43:34 AM PDT by Bonemaker
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To: Bonemaker

31 posted on 07/27/2017 7:44:51 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: IronJack

” Four-hour woody. Death. Woody ... Death ...

Hold on. Let me think this through ..”

Does this mean every time a chubby happens one has to worry about dying?


32 posted on 07/27/2017 7:46:15 AM PDT by Bonemaker
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To: xrmusn

Dr: “You have to suck the venom out of the penis or he will die. “
Victim: “What did the Dr say?”
Friend: “He wants to know if you have a Will”.


33 posted on 07/27/2017 7:49:44 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
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To: Chauncey Gardiner

“They die within two hours of being bitten, with a four hour erection. Helluva way to go.”

Wouldn’t be the first time a boner at the wrong time and place got a man killed.


34 posted on 07/27/2017 7:50:31 AM PDT by Bonemaker
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To: sportutegrl
A beautiful bunch of ripe banana
Daylight come and me wanna go home

That line always bothered me, 'cause shipping ripe bananas by boat would make for a delivery of overripe or rotten bananas.

35 posted on 07/27/2017 7:50:54 AM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Building the Wall! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: Red Badger

Available in England?


36 posted on 07/27/2017 7:51:11 AM PDT by Bonemaker
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To: Flick Lives

“Its venom is currently being studied for use in erectile dysfunction treatments after it was found that a bite from one of the spiders can give male victims a painful four-hour erection.”

That’s OK, I’ll stick with Viagra.


37 posted on 07/27/2017 7:53:21 AM PDT by Bonemaker
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To: Bonemaker

Only in bananas....................


38 posted on 07/27/2017 7:55:49 AM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: gnickgnack2

>> Best version ever was Stan Freeberg’s <<

Didn’t like it. Too “piercing” for my taste.


39 posted on 07/27/2017 7:56:12 AM PDT by Hawthorn
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To: V K Lee

“??So what effects will one see/feel if there is nothing to erect?”

You’ll notice that you have no conscience.


40 posted on 07/27/2017 7:56:26 AM PDT by Bonemaker
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