• elmicha@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    Poisonous spiders release their toxins when they are inhaled, ingested or absorbed through the tissue or skin

    People absorb spiders through their skin?!

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      1 year ago

      Not quite, but yes.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urticating_hair

      In addition, you may smack an insect that walks on your skin, thus smashing it to a pulp, that turns out to be toxic.

      In addition, some wild tribes has been using small toxic animals, insects and alike to create liquid “juices”, they then poured on the arrows and tips of spears. It’s possible that even a skin-contact with such a substance may lead to unpleasant effects. I’d have to check the details, though.

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          1 year ago

          The question wasn’t about toxins, but about absorbing spiders via skin, which is funny, but imprecise idea. And the answer to it, is indeed uricating hair. You also completely and conveniently skipped the “natural toxins” as used by wild tribes.

          https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6832493/

          Now… You made the claim that eating a bowl of spiders is harmless.

          Photo, recording of you doing so, please.

          And please, stop trolling, because that’s what you’re doing.