ZigZagMarquis 9 #1 May 17, 2010 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,592893,00.html 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. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #2 May 17, 2010 Quote http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,592893,00.html 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. How come his boyfriend didn't suck out the poison?I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
remibond 0 #3 May 18, 2010 That's why I love the UK, where the only things that can kill you are the food & the weather Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #4 May 18, 2010 QuoteThat's why I love the UK, where the only things that can kill you are the food & the weather And the IRA . . .I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
remibond 0 #5 May 18, 2010 Funnily enough, I feel safer in Belfast where I'm studying than in London where I live Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
