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The Most Deadly Spider

on February 2, 2018

Brazilian wandering spiders”also called armed spiders or banana spiders, belong to the genus Phoneutria, which means murderess in Greek. And it’s no wonder why it’s one of the most deadly spiders on Earth. Its bite can be deadly to humans  although antivenin makes death unlikely.”By Jessie Szalay, Live Science Contributor | 

The Guinness World record book has named the Brazilian Wandering spider most venomous and deadly spider ever recorded. According to Jo-Anne Nina Seawall, “Classifying an animal as deadly is controversial.” The amount of damage done to the spider is the variable to the amount of venom injected. This means that if you do a lot of harm to the animal, the animal will inject a lot of venom. In general, the more venom injected by (any) spiders the worse, but it’s even more worse with this spider. The  Phoneutria’s (or Brazilian Wandering Spider’s) venom consists of is a complex cocktail of toxins, proteins and peptides. (in English, this means it’s bad.) The venom affects the ion channels and chemical receptors in your body. After you are bitten you will fell the symptoms kicking in. These symptoms include severe burning, sweating, and lots and lots of goosebumps. 30 minutes into the bite you will experience high or low blood pressure, fast or a slow heartbeat, nausea, abdominal cramping, hypothermia, vertigo, blurred vision, convulsions and excessive sweating associated with shock. With this spider it’s “all bark and all bite.”

 

 

 


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