if it was a mexican red-knee, then notheir fangs are too small for them to bite us, the only real danger they pose is from an allergic reaction to the hairs they shed on you to irritate you if they're frightened or angry.
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Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet,
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I thought they could bite, but no worse than a wasp or bee sting?Our school used to have one. We were warned against rubbing our eyes after touching it because of the irritant hairs.
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joefish It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks,
Thu 1 Nov 2012, 15:38,
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not from what i've been told and read Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet,
Thu 1 Nov 2012, 15:46,
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Ah that's ok then.Tru-fax i've been bitten by a spider on the tube and didn't get super-powers.
I felt slightly cheated.
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Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!,
Thu 1 Nov 2012, 15:45,
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Life must be hard for a spider on the Underground.How do you avoid everyone's gaze when you have 8 eyes all pointing in slightly different directions? Must be a geometric nightmare.
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Thu 1 Nov 2012, 16:12,
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He was one of them foreign types that haven't learnt the social etiquette needed to avoid being stabbed on public transport.
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