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u/AChaoticStorm 16d ago
I would do it but that bastard better pay for my therapy after.
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u/theADDMIN 15d ago
As long as the spider doesn't crawl up your ass, ear or nose, you should be fine.
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u/MrWright62 15d ago edited 15d ago
Yep! I don't believe these kind of spiders are venomous to humans
EDIT: meaning they won't kill you if bitten
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u/eatasssnotgrass 15d ago edited 15d ago
All spiders are venomous, but these look like orb weaver spiders. Not dangerous
Edit: almost
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u/LEMO2000 15d ago
Actually that’s not true. For example the wolf spider isn’t venomous. Almost all of them are tho.
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u/monica702f 15d ago
Some of those look like brown recluse's and black widows.
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u/oddestsoul 15d ago
Nah, brown recluses would not hang out in any web like that unless they were the prey.
Black widows would not be that large and again would never just be out and about in some large open web. They keep to damp and dark places.
Running through this web would at worst, net you maybe a bite or two and a second skin of webbing. Wouldn’t be fun, would probably feel awful, but your life wouldn’t be remotely threatened
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u/GoombyGoomby 15d ago
These look primarily like orb weaving spiders - their bite is generally no worse than a bee sting.
Spiders in general are relatively docile creatures that prefer to be left alone and only bite when they feel like their life is threatened.
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u/captain_wigglez 15d ago
I already have nightmares like this, I can't imagine the psychological impact of having it occur in real life!!
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u/Divasa 16d ago
While it does look kinda bad, I'd do it for 50 bucks, let alone something important
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u/Noobmaster366 16d ago
Most reliable wepon for the job. The longstick.
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u/No_Permit8766 15d ago
That was good!
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u/QWERTY_CRINGE 15d ago
Uhm... You tried his stick?
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u/thejungledick 16d ago
This is what sticks are for.
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u/LoliOnMyLap 16d ago
EXCALIBUR!
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u/BONDxUNLEASHED 15d ago
Fool!
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u/Cheap-Blackberry-745 15d ago
EXCALIBUR
EXCALIBUR
I'M FROM THE UK
I'M LOOKING FOR HEAVEN
I'M GOING TO CALIFORNIA
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u/NinjaDad_ 15d ago
Yeah for real. Look for a stick. Yall really never had to use a stick to remove a spider web from your house? Like that but hard mode. Also good news is where there's 1 stick there's more
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u/noobductive 15d ago
You can even throw the stick right through it and break most of the webs.
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u/Skrubious 15d ago
they run up the stick faster than you can drop it, up your arm and shoulders. you can only scream as they fill your mouth
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u/w00timan 15d ago
You're too kind, a lighter and can of deodorant would be my tactic
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u/Lherkinz_Gherkinz 16d ago
If Sam can do it, so can I!
This is for my ol’ gaffer!!
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u/Haunting_Abalone_398 16d ago
Just give me a lighter and an axe spray can, and I'll rescue his ass, no problem
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u/MountainCourage1304 15d ago
If your can can spray axes then you wouldnt even need the lighter
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u/Affentitten 16d ago
Rescue my friend.
They're just some kind of orb weaver. Not going to hurt you. It's way worse when the webs are at face level, but still doable. Like your average walk in the dark in nighttime Australia.
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u/Panzerv2003 16d ago
Forgot about Australia... People there are just built different
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u/DeepFriedDave69 16d ago
No most of us hate spiders just as much as you do
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u/Cobalt9896 15d ago
I LOVE spiders, I keep em as pets, they are some of my favorite creatures in the world.
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u/Panzerv2003 15d ago
Well yeah, spiders are cool but not when they're crawling all over me
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u/bfruth628 15d ago
That pretty much goes for anything aside from baby mammals lol
edit: Not baby humans tho
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u/Arcadius274 16d ago
I remember a post from an aussie once talking about that. He said something like "Americans scared of spiders and fish meanwhile living with bears and rattlesnakes"
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u/lifeworthlivin 15d ago
That’s a good point! I grew up in FL where we have 7 different species of venomous snakes, alligators AND crocodiles, bears, panthers, and lots of sharks! Not to mention all the stinging bugs and spiders.
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u/Panzerv2003 15d ago
I guess it's just a matter of getting used to it, aside from that, people are scared of fish? There are some dangerous ones but it's not like they can chase you on land.
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u/Not-A-Lux-Main 15d ago
Some people are scared of the stone fish. For good reason mind you but they are less common than the internet would have you believe.
But in Aus Irukandji jellies are way scarier than an anything on land, bar like funnel webs. But then fuckers are special
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u/TheoryMatters 15d ago
Also looking it up it seems like stone fish seem to have the same type of lethality as black widows.
You probably need to avoid treatment to die.
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u/manaha81 16d ago
I’m not from Australia and I don’t find that frightening at all. When I was a kid I used to go night fishing under this bridge all the time then one day I brought a flashlight and realized it looked just like this at night. Was catching fish so I just kept fishing and never got bit once
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u/Puzzled_Ad336 15d ago
I accidentally walked through one of those in the woods in the dark. Some types of orb weavers get quite large and they were crawling all over my head and the web anchor threads felt massive. No bites and they were trying to get off of me and back to their colony as fast as they could.
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u/Viking_American 15d ago
Plot twist, 90% of them are orbweavers and 10% are black widows.
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u/Longjumping-Age9023 15d ago
Orb weavers lay intricate webs. These really look like steatoda of some sort. Although I’m no expert.
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u/Cptn_Shiner 15d ago
I agree, the web style rules out orb weavers.
I'd love to know what they are. Is this a social species of spider, or just a bunch of spiders that happen to live in the same little space?
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u/buckao 16d ago
Let them die.
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u/NoCommonSenseHere 15d ago
My mom is dead. And if someone said I could see her again if I walked through this, i would still have a dead mom.
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u/Temporary_Air_3024 16d ago
Tell the tragic tale of my friends passing, and the heroic effort I made to get to them that ultimately just wasn't in time. My friend will appreciate me using this story to try and get laid while they are watching down from the afterlife and no one ever has to know I didn't go near those fucking spiders
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u/Mental_Attitude_696 16d ago
Like another person Said their orb weavers and they won’t really bite anyways I’d just swat their webs anyways they can remake them
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u/voxPopuli96 16d ago
They are just spiders! Too easy!
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u/LegitimateBelt4036 15d ago
Exactly like I’d run though it then shake the spiders off and probably pop the ole shirt off, I’ve done worse
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u/Nameless49 15d ago
I would wear a beekeeper suit or hazmat or something else that fully covers my whole body before passing through
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u/Danielmav 16d ago
I would do this for a stranger and I’m terrified of spiders. It’s a human life, lol. I worry that I always take posts like this too seriously tho lol.
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u/Klutzy-Speed-5503 15d ago
You didn’t specify no tools or weapons just walk through, so I have flame thrower therefore I have success
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u/jellyschoomarm 15d ago
If it was one of my kids I'd run through and grab them. In my experience even black widows won't bite you just for walking through their web although they may walk up and down your arm a bit.
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u/Saxophone304 15d ago
I’ll do it just give me a flamethrower I’ll still walk through while also burning a path
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u/cabezon8 15d ago
Triple tyveck suit with gloves and a gas mask and a shit load of tape covering the seams.
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u/PacxDragon 15d ago
I’ll need a heavy blanket, bucket of water, a bbq lighter and a can of cooking spray.
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u/shyguyshow 15d ago
Dude owes me his allegiance and has to become my slave for the rest of his life
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u/X_misanthrope_X 15d ago
i dont give a damn if those spiders are completely harmless and you can display undeniable scientific evidence to support that fact that is a wall of fucking death
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u/Interesting-Dog-1224 15d ago
I'd walk through it. Then I'd become Spider-man or Spider-covered-man.
Still saving my friends life though
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u/UmaSherbert 15d ago
If it was for one of my homies? Of course. Only a moment of hesitation. For a stranger? I might sit there weighing the pros and cons too long for it to matter.
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u/Much-Word9929 15d ago
I would buy a flamethrower burn the little devils and then do nothing to help them because I need to go to therapy to deal with the trauma of seeing the spiders.
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u/kale72401 15d ago
He’s already dead … or will be after the fuel air bomb strike hits that I just called in
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u/Jagermind 15d ago
Send the next in line his congratulatory basket of fruits to celebrate his promotion to best friend.
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u/Dreaming_Kitsune 16d ago
I have 4 people in my life that I'd do this for. I won't like it, but I'd do it.