1. Spider pictured is either a wandering spider or a bromeliad spider, not a wolf spider.
2. Wolf spiders carry their eggs around until they hatch, then the young cling to the mother’s abdomen
3. Antibiotics are used to treat bacterial infections and cannot stop spider venom or kill spiders.
4. The spider in question was never seen as *“he was ‘totally unaware’ he had been bitten as the spider numbs its prey before laying its eggs.”* at the time, so how did they identify the spider?
5. No spider has ever been documented in a reputable source to engage in parasitic behaviour, so I have no idea what source they looked at to determine “spider numbs its prey before laying its eggs.” They word this like it is a widely known fact, and commonplace, but it is certainly not.
6. Source is one guy, who certainly doesn’t seem like a reputable spider expert. Neither were the doctors who diagnosed him.
Is it possible this is a misidentified case of crusted scabies?
whencatsdontfly9 says
They should’ve let him keep it.
Iowegan says
New fear triggered. This will be my response the next time my friends ask why I don’t want to go on a cruise.
TurtleTurtleFTW says
This is not how wolf spiders (or any other spiders for that matter) reproduce. Fake news
kailemergency says
One of many reasons to avoid Marseille
-lost-the-game says
1. Spider pictured is either a wandering spider or a bromeliad spider, not a wolf spider.
2. Wolf spiders carry their eggs around until they hatch, then the young cling to the mother’s abdomen
3. Antibiotics are used to treat bacterial infections and cannot stop spider venom or kill spiders.
4. The spider in question was never seen as *“he was ‘totally unaware’ he had been bitten as the spider numbs its prey before laying its eggs.”* at the time, so how did they identify the spider?
5. No spider has ever been documented in a reputable source to engage in parasitic behaviour, so I have no idea what source they looked at to determine “spider numbs its prey before laying its eggs.” They word this like it is a widely known fact, and commonplace, but it is certainly not.
6. Source is one guy, who certainly doesn’t seem like a reputable spider expert. Neither were the doctors who diagnosed him.
Is it possible this is a misidentified case of crusted scabies?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scabies
35120red says
It’s the BBC, it has been taken over by amatures. 🤗