Re:The district court ruled that brown recluse spiders are i...
by seanhandley on Sunday May 17, 2020 @01:35PM
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Interesting anecdote here:
> In 2001, more than 2,000 brown recluse spiders were removed from a heavily infested home in Kansas, yet the four residents who had lived there for years were never harmed by the spiders, despite many encounters with them.
Re:The district court ruled that brown recluse spiders are i...
by falcolas on Sunday May 17, 2020 @02:13PM
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Sure, they’re not at all dangerous until you’re bitten. Just as a power tool without guards is perfectly safe until someone sticks there hand in the powered bit.
> In 2001, more than 2,000 brown recluse spiders were removed from a heavily infested home in Kansas, yet the four residents who had lived there for years were never harmed by the spiders, despite many encounters with them.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_recluse_spider#Bite)
You're right - they're not harmless - but I suspect they're not as dangerous as folklore might portray them.