QUICK BITES

October 9th, 2006 by J.Sridharan
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Sharing this message (Received by me through Mail) with others,
I hope is an important and not to be ignored one.

SPIDER BITE

*A spider bite…please read………..*
And you thought the brown recluse was bad!!!

Three women in North Florida , turned up at hospitals over a 5-day period,
all with the same symptoms :
Fever, chills and vomiting, followed by muscular collapse, paralysis
and finally, death.
There were no outward signs of trauma.
Autopsy results showed toxicity in the blood.
These women did not know each other and seemed to have nothing in common.
It was discovered, however, that they had all visited the same Restaurant (Olive Garden)
within days of their deaths.
The health department descended on the restaurant, shutting it down.
The food, water, and air conditioning were all inspected and tested, to no avail.
The big break came when a waitress at the restaurant was rushed to the
hospital with similar symptoms.
She told doctors that she had been on vacation, and had only went to the restaurant
to pick up her check.
She did not eat or drink while she was there, but had used the restroom.
That is when one toxicologist, remembering an article he had read,
drove out to the restaurant, went into the restroom, and lifted the toilet seat.
Under the seat, out of normal view, was a small spider.
The spider was captured and brought back to the lab, where it was determined
to be the Two-Striped Telamonia (Telamonia dimidiata),
so named because of its reddened flesh color.
This spider’s venom is extremely toxic, but can take several days to take effect.
They live in cold, dark, damp climates, and toilet rims provide just the right atmosphere.
Several days later a lawyer from Jacksonville showed up at a hospital emergency room.
Before his death, he told the doctor, that he had been away on business,
had taken a flight from Indonesia, changing planes in Singapore,
before returning home. He did not visit (Olive Garden), while there.
He did, as did all of the other victims, have what was determined to be a
puncture wound, on his right buttock.
Investigators discovered that the flight he was on had originated in India .
The Civilian Aeronautics Board (CAB) ordered an immediate inspection of the toilets
of all flights from India , and discovered the Two-Striped Telamonia (Telamonia dimidiata)
spider’s nests on 4 different planes!
It is now believed that these spiders can be anywhere in the country.
So please, before you use a public toilet, lift the seat to check for spiders.
It can save your life!
So, please pass this on to everyone you care about.

Appearing to be simple, this spider bite makes the victim disappear from the World.

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3 Responses

  1. uday Says:

    Sridharan uncle! thanks for bringing it up…

    It looks like this information may not be 100% genuine..atleast according to this web page here

    http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/toiletspiders.html

    But you bring up a good point. It is so annoying how people take advantage of a sense of service in good citizens like you to spread rumors that are potentially untrue.

    From now on, let us check sites like breakthechain.org or truthorfiction.com to check the validity of email forwards!

  2. J.Sridharan Says:

    Thank you, UDAY for the information.
    News about deaths occurred due to spider of this variety may be far away from truth.
    Yet my saying these few lines here, is a must.
    A spider, in my teen age, caused me a punctured wound in my left calf muscle, the mark of which still exists, though it has not given any grievous problem.
    This may warn every one to be cautious and keep away from Spiders, whether poisonous or not, atleast to escape from ugly marks.

  3. Archana Says:

    Uncle, sorry to hear that and thanks for sharing this with us.

    Even Uday’s brother Ravi underwent a rough day because of spider that bit him around the neck portion last month. The area was turgid for sometime and he had to take medication to rescind the poison..so, I agree spiders could be poisonous and it is important to stay away.

    The message appears to be untrue though.

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