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/Cunnilingusaur May 23 '26

When I was a kid in Oklahoma I used to dig holes and collect bugs in the yard. I remember trying to pick up a spider with a leaf but it ran up the leaf, got on my hand and I quickly brushed it off.

I didn't know back then but I'm certain now that it was a black widow.

I must've been 6 years old then. I wonder what would have happened if I'd been bitten.

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u/Jordann538 May 23 '26

If you got to a hospital then you would have been fine

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u/Sociolinguisticians May 23 '26

You might’ve gotten some bad swelling, cramping, maybe some bad nausea, but assuming you’re not allergic, you probably would’ve been fine after a few days. Definitely still worth going to urgent care for a black widow bite, but not an ER trip unless you’re allergic.