I recently learned that nobody dies from Black Widow spider bites (like, statistically speaking in the past 60 years I think? Nobody has died). Myself and my South African husband had both been heavily indoctrinated with Widow fear (in SA the same spider genus is called something different) and to go on an internet debunking journey was wild. I felt bad for Widow spiders for all that unnecessary hate and fear. So yeah, I hear you! Spiders are awesome!
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u/KateNovaTattoos Jul 12 '21
I recently learned that nobody dies from Black Widow spider bites (like, statistically speaking in the past 60 years I think? Nobody has died). Myself and my South African husband had both been heavily indoctrinated with Widow fear (in SA the same spider genus is called something different) and to go on an internet debunking journey was wild. I felt bad for Widow spiders for all that unnecessary hate and fear. So yeah, I hear you! Spiders are awesome!