Arachnophobia
I mentioned in a previous post the spiders that have been living with us. Last night, we found this:
It was so big, it was scary. I was curious though and wasn't sure if it was indeed a black widow spider. Wikipedia confirmed my hunch. Reading through, this caught my attention:
Pharmeceutical Applications
Research in Chile about increased virility resulting from Black Widow spider bites found spermicidal qualities associated with the venom, in addition to rumored priapism coupled with involuntary ejaculation. "Spider bitten" men anecdotally had "super virility" after recuperating from a spider bite.
Researchers hope to be able to create a topical contraceptive and a marketable alternative to other virility treatments.
Hmm....interesting, huh? But then another magic word from the above statements got me curious. Click here. (Educational lang, ha!)
The spider has since been released into the wild. J could not find it in him to kill the spider, so I asked him to release the spider far from the house -- parang pusa, ba? Para hindi makabalik. Hehehe.
7 comments:
mio! ang laki! grabe... scary! siguro i grabbed a broom na and whacked it!! takot ako sa spiders. i can't imagine one crawling on me so I would rather squish it. bad ba? =P
PS. read the link... hmmm... interesting... =D
nakalimutan ko nga magtabi ng something sa kanya for reference, e. Let's just say, yung bulge ng abdomen nya -- just that bulge, ha -- is about the size of a small duhat.
yuuuuucckkk!!! ang lakiii!!! =P
wow, nice photo of the arachnid....hmmm, may advantage at disadvantage pala pag nakagat ka nito no? hehehe.
hmm... mukhang female na black widow. You're lucky you didn't end up like this: Pet spider kills owner
Eeek! Para namang horror movie yun.
Yeah.. It freaked me out. Buti na lang dogs lang alaga ko.
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