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Post by Chicago Jake on May 20, 2010 10:00:30 GMT -6
The dangers of nude recreation continue.......Jake
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Man, 22, Suffers Poisonous Spider Bite to the Genitals
A tourist is lucky to be alive after a deadly spider bit him on the penis.
The Canadian backpacker was attacked after skinny-dipping in New Zealand.
While he was swimming, a rare katipo spider crawled into the shorts he had left on the beach. When the man returned, he put them back on and fell asleep — but the trapped spider then nipped him on his manhood.
Within minutes, the spider's venom was causing him to have agonizing chest pains, a racing heart, high blood pressure and severe swelling to his penis.
Dr. Nigel Harrison, who treated the 22-year-old at Dargaville Hospital, revealed the case in a report for the New Zealand Medical Journal.
"It was a rather nasty, ill-placed bite,” Harrison said. “The man woke to find his penis swollen and painful with a red mark on the shaft suggestive of a bite. He rapidly developed generalized muscle pains, fever, headache, photophobia (light sensitivity) and vomiting."
The unidentified man's condition "improved rapidly" after treatment with an anti-venom, but he was kept in the hospital for 16 days before being allowed to return to Canada.
The katipo, a Maori word meaning "night-stinger,” is an endangered species in New Zealand.
The pea-sized spiders are related to the American Black Widow. Bites to humans are rare, but two fatalities were recorded in the 1800s.
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on May 20, 2010 10:21:04 GMT -6
Hopefully, it was a radioactive spider -- that way, the guy will wind up with super powers.
-- BB (who wouldn't mind putting up with the side effects if I could get my modest unit to look similarly engorged)
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on May 20, 2010 10:21:38 GMT -6
Everyone should memorize the name of that spider in case they need an alibi for a swollen penis with bite marks
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Post by Tex on May 20, 2010 14:54:58 GMT -6
Maybe we are not getting the whole story here.
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on May 20, 2010 15:00:41 GMT -6
Possible new pick-up line from women:
"Hey, stud -- did you just get bitten by a rare katipo spider or are you just glad to see me?"
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