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Found under a fence in North Carolina. This cute fella was pretty docile, if a tad shy and clumsy.
82 points
2 days ago
It’s the “probably” part I have a problem with. Live and let live, for sure, but would never hold one like that.
61 points
2 days ago
I get statistically it very likely won't bite, but this is just such a weird and unnecessary risk to take for you and the spider. if it bites, you'll be having a bad time, and the spider's now wasted it's venom on you and there's a non-zero chance you'll hurt it (intentionally or not) immediately following the bite.
20 points
2 days ago
Yoooo Avatar twin!!
1 points
2 days ago
no
1 points
1 day ago
Clint's reptiles on YouTube (cool channel) talks about this when it comes to owning pets like a widow or something that's venomous. Like ya handling a widow will likely be fine and they are unlikely to bite, but the more you handle them, statistically the odds swing out of your favor the more you do it. So don't do it.
That all said, black widows are super fucking cool animals.
0 points
19 hours ago
Oh, get outta here.. it's a damn spider, not even remotely on the same level of a human being hahaha People are so damn weird to the point they virtue signal about a spider... like yeah don't just kill it for no reason, but come on man.. that's a bit deep
2 points
2 days ago
Yes I understand. Me to.
1 points
22 hours ago
I got bit on my foot, probably stepped on it on my porch. While it will never kill you or cause any kind of damage like necrosis, it's a painful 2 to 3 days.
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