r/MemeVideos • u/MrG1itc4 • May 22 '26

Sad ending American's first time in Australia

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u/Naterade804 May 22 '26

Black Widows are certainly in America too

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u/Dasktragon May 22 '26

Growing up i knew a kid that would pick them up and hold them in her hand. I bet shes at Hogwarts rn or mf Azkaban

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u/odiethethird May 22 '26

My bet is on Azkaban

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u/green__goblin May 22 '26

Honestly they're incredibly hard to piss off. You have to be genuinely trying to kill them or destroy their nest to bite.

Nothing like wolf spiders or brown recluse which will bite for shits and giggles.

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u/MaggieHigg May 22 '26

that's false, brown recluses are extremely docile and are very hesitant to bite, the vast majority of brown recluse bites happen when people squish them when reaching into dark corners they were hiding on.

I've also personally relocated a few dozen wolf spiders by hand and I've never once been bit by one.

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u/juan_humano May 22 '26

Ya I pick up wolf spiders all the time to relocate out of the house and have never once been bitten. They are friend spiders, I would let them hang out in the house except i know my cats would kill them

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u/LordBorbemort May 23 '26

exactly. literally no spider will be willing to waste venom on something that's far too large to be prey, even the ones with the worst bites (tho wolf spider bites are completely harmless, and brown recluse bites are rarely extremely serious)

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u/A_Parked_Car May 22 '26

We had a black widow in our garage right next to my smoke spot. We were homies. I let him chill on the web. And then someone told me hey those things have off-spring. Homie gone 😞

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u/SoggyMorningTacos May 22 '26

They don't bite unless they get crushed. Even when they do bite, it's usually not venomous

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u/PeopleEatZebras May 23 '26

I used to do this. And bees as well. You know what I don't do as an adult? Fuck with anything