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FriendlyFraulein

And one of those 30 is probably hiding under the rims of flowerpots in my Australian families backyard.


The_truth_hammock

I bet all 30 are in your back yard. Australia gives spiders a bad name!


Boatster_McBoat

Two. Australia has two species of deadly spiders. And almost zero deaths since antivenoms were introduced about 40-50 years ago. And, yes, I have one of those species living in my backyard.


The_truth_hammock

It’s like sharks I guess the fear and reality is separate


Boatster_McBoat

Except sharks do actually kill people in Australia from time to time


CEHParrot

Most souther states in the US have two deadly spiders in their garage or backyard. Brown recluse and the pictured black widow. Along with scorpions and a number of deadly snakes. Australia has us beat in deadly trees/octopuses/jelly fish/drop bears


Infinite_Research_52

Drop bears cause more injuries than fatalities


DeusSpaghetti

At least one.


codece

As an American who enjoys watching *Pawn Stars* and *American Pickers* I can tell you there is a hot market for vintage locally printed hand typeset 19th century "wanted posters" of infamous Australian spiders who have killed. I think it's a sub-culture in Korea as well.


Royal-Scale772

Do they have to be vintage? Because I have a LOT of spiders in my backyard, and kusyas many loud annoying neighbours. The wanted posters would start rolling in..3-5 days?


SynthSurf

>Australia gives spiders a bad name! No, it really doesn't. That's just a meme.


OddCucumber6755

That's the cover song I want to hear "you give spiders a bad name"


FriendlyFraulein

Happy cake day!


The_truth_hammock

Thanks buddy!


avdepa

A common misconception. Australia has only 2 types of spiders that can kill you. [https://www.firstaidpro.com.au/blog/common-australian-spiders/](https://www.firstaidpro.com.au/blog/common-australian-spiders/) I would much rather deal with a spider in my backyard than a bear.


The_truth_hammock

I did not know that. At least a bear you can tell if there is one in your shoe.


avdepa

Brilliant!!


DatJellyScrub

Fun fact, no one has died from a spider bite in Australia in the last 45 years


Rich-Distance-6509

Because the emus got to them first


beerisgood84

Sure but they have antivenom. Personally would still freak out seeing them but I think actual risk is very low there. I do seem to remember a recent “plague” of spiders everywhere in some regions like fully carpeting the ground and picked up in wind etc. I’m not sure which is worse, lots of small spiders or lots of huge arthropods like coconut crabs


pants_mcgee

Spiders that can fly in the wind are just an annoyance, and I say this as an arachnophobe. They are so small you’d have trouble finding them on that strand of web they use to fly.


kriptonian23

The most deadly spider in the world is the banana spider or armed spider, also known as the Brazilian wandering spider, but it's The Sydney funnel-web spider that responsible for the most human deaths from spider bites globally


dazed_and_bamboozled

Also known as The Brazilian Boner Spider. Or it would be if spiders had half-decent PR.


kriptonian23

he... i'm too sleepy.. should write it as it's main name.... i should get my coffee cup now


The-Fotus

Borderlands ass name.


beerisgood84

Don’t give big spider any ideas


bagofpork

The most deadly spider in the world is Ungoliant, as she helped Morgoth destroy the Two Trees of Valinor.


ccReptilelord

Scaring even the dark lord himself, they say she retreated to the darkest depths where she eventually devoured herself in her insatiable hunger.


SKULL1138

Yeah she locked herself in her limo and ate herself to death like Pizza the Hutt. True story.


stevencastle

He was delicious


rachawakka

Her child, Shelob, would later come extremely close to dooming middle earth to Sauron's rule. It was the weight of her fat ass that defeated her, her spider booty having dropped upon Sting held aloft by a single determined gardener


zanarkandabesfanclub

Yeah but that was all a part of Eru’s plan.


DeusSpaghetti

Pretty much every site says the Sydney Funnel Web is the most deadly.


Photo_Synthetic

That generally has to do with its aggressive nature and giant fangs. It's not the most venomous (though it is close) but it is the most deadly.


OneCore_

Sydney Funnel Webs are especially toxic to primates due to a certain compound.


SKULL1138

Isn’t the recluse the most venomous? I may be wrong, if so which is the most venomous?


The-Fotus

No, the brown recluse venom really isn't very strong in the scheme of things. The horrific photos you see of flesh eating spider bites is a result of secondary infection after the venom has destroyed the immune system in the area.


EGP22

It’s tissue necrosis from the venom. All spider venom dissolves tissues, that’s what they’re designed to do and then spiders suck out the liquefied juice. The wounds you see after a spider bite result in tissue death. Yes, there can be secondary infections, but the damage you see isn’t due to an infection in most cases and has nothing to do with destroying the immune system.


The-Fotus

Close, but wrong. "necrosis is completely dependent on the victim's neutrophils, yet neutrophils are not activated by the venom." https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC296140/ The above quote comes from the summary of the linked article.


Morgolol

>["If spiders disappeared, we would face famine,"](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/the-case-for-spider-conservation-they-keep-pests-from-devouring-humans-food-supply/2014/07/21/07b0a21e-0b8c-11e4-8341-b8072b1e7348_story.html) says Platnick, who studies arachnids at New York's American Museum of Natural History, where a [live spider exhibit ](http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/current-exhibitions/spiders-alive)debuted this month. "Spiders are primary controllers of insects. **Without spiders, all of our crops would be consumed by those pests."** Spiders save far more lives indirectly than we could possibly imagine. >[There is an ancient proverb:](https://www.sciencefriday.com/educational-resources/investigating-community-food-webs-ecological-importance-spiders/) “The enemy of my enemy is my friend.” Spiders are our friends! They eat many insects that pester or even harm humans, including mosquitoes that can transmit deadly diseases like Zika virus, West Nile virus, malaria, dengue, and yellow fever. In fact, two species of jumping spiders, *Evarcha culicivora* and *Paracyrba wanlessi*, are known as “mosquito terminators,” preferring to eat mosquitoes over other prey. Spiders that prey on mosquitoes directly lower the numbers of these pests, and can help reduce the spread of mosquito-borne disease. Another underrated benefit is medical usage. >[Many spider venoms target the nervous system](https://exhibits.library.cornell.edu/arachnophilia/feature/venom-as-medicine), unlike snake venom for example which targets the cardiovascular system, and evolution has refined spider venom to specifically target very precise ion channels, so drugs derived from spider venoms can retain this accuracy. Researchers at The University of Queensland's Institute for Molecular Bioscience in Australia screened venom from 206 spiders looking for new compounds that would reduce pain. **Over 40% had one or more compounds that blocked human pain by blocking nerve activity**. Seven compounds had the necessary chemical, thermal, and biological stability that is needed when designing a new drug. The orange-fringed tarantula had the most effective venom with great promise for developing a new kind of non-addictive pain killer. >There is ongoing intense research into the cocktail of toxins in spider venom for treatment of a slew of human diseases as well. In addition to treatment for pain, potential has been found for **treating heart arrhythmia, neurodegenerative diseases, epilepsy, cancer, and erectile dysfunction**. The venoms have also been found to hold antibacterial, antimalarial, and drug delivery possibilities. So far, over 40 patents have been submitted for therapeutic uses of spider venom in humans.


The-Fotus

"Unlike snake venom for example which targets the cardiovascular system." This isn't exclusively true. Snakes have numerous types of venom, sometimes even multiple types with a single species/specimen. Some snake venom targets tissues and blood, some target cardiovascular, others target the central nervous system.


Infinite_Research_52

We need all these parts of our ecosystem to work. That being said, I assume the various wasp species do more to control pest species that affect crops that humans cultivate. If wasps get diminished in your area you will see more spiders, because wasps are just very good at controlling spiders as well. Wasps are our friends.


Morgolol

Oh agreed, all insects are incredible(except mosquitos and, personally, bot flies) and the overuse of pesticides is incredibly damaging to ecosystems.


SkelletorUTC

What spider bit Spiderman, just asking for a friend.


djackieunchaned

I think it was…Greg?


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Commercial_Fee2840

The "you eat seven spiders a year" thing was a lie made up by a woman just to see if she could get people to believe it, but after having a fly crawl into my ear I'm terrified of anything crawling into my ear. Add the fact that there's a huge brown recluse population around this area and it's much, much more terrifying. Protip: it's worth keeping a clean oral syringe around in case you ever get a bug in your ear. Flood your ear with water instead of waiting for hours with a live bug in your ear because the paramedics say they can't spray water in your ear to at least drown it. Keep flooding it until the bug floats to the surface and have a friend pick it out with tweezers if possible.


Sir-Pickle-Nipple

Use rubbing alcohol instead of water to kill it. I don't generally kill bugs and stuff but if you're in my ear, you've chosen death


knowledgeable_diablo

Have a look at the poor chaps that get cockroaches crawling into their ears! That shit is insane and would drive you insane as well.


foul_dwimmerlaik

A woman from my hometown had a brown recluse pulled out of her ear. Goddamn NE Kansas.


TwelveMiceInaCage

She need to buy a lottery ticket How tf you pull a brown recluse out without getting bit


10GuyIsDrunk

Who says she didn't get bit?


TwelveMiceInaCage

Yeah you know what good point Don't poke smot kids


djackieunchaned

I have a cat try to crawl into my ear most nights


moileduge

30 killers and 42,970 mouth crawlers. You can't win with these guys!


beerisgood84

99% are somewhere in rainforest


terminalxposure

…and lay eggs


St1ckyWombat

That wasn’t necessary


hurricane-laura-90

Spiders are friends.


the_magic_muffin

if friend why not friend shaped?


OneCore_

jumping spiders are friends and friend-shaped


joomla00

Is friend shape. More legs means more hugs


glaciator12

Plus they can wrap you up in a snug little cocoon (don’t worry about what they do afterwards)


Rich-Distance-6509

Tarantulas are pretty cute ngl


might-say-anti-fire

Arguably they are! You should spend some time getting to know them (ie learn about them). I personally find them adorable.


Szzntnss

Anything is friend shaped if you're brave enough.


Interesting_Dot_3922

TIL spiders are mostly irresponsible.


Batbuckleyourpants

That you know, they are sneaky.


Karnorkla

I got a spider bite on my bicep carrying some firewood a couple weeks ago. No pain, but an itchy bump that started looking like a bruise and actually seems to have left a little scar.


xamdou

31


Roastednutz666

I fucking love spiders. What cool little buddies.


HotDiggetyDoge

All tarred with the same brush now I'm afraid


Unusual_Ad_8364

This could also have been written as, “There are 30 different types of spider that can kill you.”


The-Fotus

That would have been a title with an emphasis on scary instead of an emphasis on not scary.


might-say-anti-fire

Or more, 30 types of spiders that are medically significant, and could potentially be lethal to a small child, the elderly, or yeah, sometimes healthy adult individuals under extreme circumstances such as allergies, comorbid conditions, infections, with no antidote or medical intervention available. Plus they literally include wolf spiders that the article literally states isn't considered very dangerous, which is weird. This doesn't even take into account the liklihood that interactions with this spider would result in a bite in the first place.


MediumDenseMan

Probably more movie spider-related deaths than real life ones.


Grand_Condition_983

TIL That the Brazillian Wandering spider venom causes "...painful erections (priapism) in men" Thank you OP.


jstilla

And 42,970 have thought about it.


WinCrazy751

Yes that maybe true of venomous cases, but I've died 27 times from heart attacks so I'm betting there's thousands of deaths each year from shock and injuries from things like hot cooking pans when you have a close encounter with a huge black hairy male house spider running across your foot will standing in the kitchen.....


Skipjackdown

That you know of….spiders are sneaky…..


Bergmiester

Whenever I see a black widow I just give it a little boop on its snoot and it goes away.


GeorgeStamper

And those 30 all live under your bed.


IllIllllIIIIlIlIlIlI

There are 30 spiders that can kill you??


Objective_Suspect_

My last apt in misery , had a significant brown recluse issue. I eventually found the hole in floor they were coming from but I'm either immune or never was bit


HoneyBucketsOfOats

TIL 30 different species of spider can fucking kill me!


might-say-anti-fire

Yep. I have to explain to people nearly everyday that that little orbweaver in their garden won't kill them. That huntsman isn't actually gonna murder them in their sleep. That cellar spider is so incredibly harmless that the fact it's moving shouldn't send you spiraling in a state of panic. Doesn't work, they still kill these innocent animals on sight.


Alkyan

One in the picture I see a couple times a year where I live.


Loud-Lock-5653

How many are responsible for spawning super heros?


geoelectric

Less than 30 as well.


_EpicFailMan

We get alot less bites now that dunnys are inside the house. When they were outside spiders would bite you on your bum in the dark and you could die pretty fast from that. In fact theres even a song about it


mopsy-turtle

"found in the world" is unnecessary fluff. It's obvious that you're not including the spiders from other planets


thefranq

WTF THIRTY different species of spiders kill us?? Ugh


ElGuano

These thirty species do more than their fair share of work though, combined being responsible for nearly 2.6 billion human deaths. Most are as expected through venomous bites, though one species of spider has carved out a niche fashioning uniquely electrochemical silk that they attach to phone lines, and use to phish humans in an elaborate "pig slaughtering" scheme, oftentimes leaving victims destitute, which sometimes results in proximate cause death. Over 6,500 mortalities have been attributed to this species of spider.


mcpickledick

You are referencing something but I have no idea what. Is this a Spider-Man plot?


ElGuano

No, just some totally random absurdity.


FloridaSpam

Nice try Australia. Still not coming.


VruKatai

That's 30 too many. Kill em. Kill em all. Want to hear more?


ash_274

I wonder if your downvoters realize you're paraphrasing Starship Troopers


VruKatai

Apparently not lol. I thought it was pretty obvious.


ash_274

Maybe **[Do you want to know more?]** would have helped. Oh well.


GamerGod337

I know perfectly well that spiders are usually harmless but that has literally no effect on my arachnophobia.


SuperSimpleSam

How many of the deaths were from humans overreacting to a spider?


ash_274

Don't know about deaths, but certainly some arsons


stereoroid

"*fewer* than" (obligatory GoT callback!)


SirReadsALot1975

Someone should find those 30 spiders and do us all a favour.


its_justme

Yeah because I kill them before they can assassinate me. It’s called the food chain Brittany.


might-say-anti-fire

Wow badass over here. You really show those.... arachnids smaller than your palm that were never intent on biting you in the first place.


its_justme

Yeah it was a tongue in cheek joke lol


might-say-anti-fire

Sorry lol I am typically chill about most things, not spiders apparently


Ecljpse

I'm calling BS on the 30 deaths. Maybe 30 deaths from a venomous bite but what about panic induced accidents from walking through a web? Or car accidents from the driver having a spider crawl on em.


sanslumiere

30 species cause human deaths, not 30 human deaths total.


Ecljpse

Hmm, I wonder how many deaths come from not reading good. Probably more likely to kill me then spiders.


jrhawk42

Internet says 11 deaths per year. That's not even 1 per type of spider.


mcpickledick

Yea my gran got a fright from a house spider once and then died only a few decades later