My coworker showed me this article about a rare Brazilian spider that was found in a Wholes Food store. The effects of the spider's bite can leave a man with a rather uncomfortable erection. I don't know how uncomfortable an erection is, but it always seemed to work out for me .
TULSA, Okla. — One of the most deadly spiders in the world has been found in the produce section of a Tulsa grocery store. An employee of Whole Foods Market found the Brazilian Wandering Spider Sunday in bananas from Honduras and managed to catch it in a container.
The spider was given to University of Tulsa Animal Facilities director Terry Childs who said this type of spider kills more people than any other.
Childs said a bite will kill a person in about 25 minutes and while there is an antidote he doesn't know of any in the Tulsa area.
Spiders often are found in imported produce, and a manager at Whole Foods says the store regularly checks its goods and that's how the spider was found.
Oddly, the Brazilian spider delivers more than a painful bite that sends most victims to the hospital. Researchers have found its venom also stimulates an hours-long erection in men.
Patients not only experience overall pain and an increase in blood pressure, they also sport an uncomfortable erection.
In Brazil, emergency room staff can immediately spot the victims of a bite.
"The erection is a side effect that everybody who gets stung by this spider will experience along with the pain and discomfort," said study team member Romulo Leite of the Medical College of Georgia, presumably speaking only about male bite victims. "We're hoping eventually this will end up in the development of real drugs for the treatment of erectile dysfunction."
but, wait the man will die within 25 minutes after being bit, right? I believe thats what it read. pardon my mind but how does one fix that AFTER someone dies? riddle me that one!
I marvel at the very many uses of Duct tape
come on now this was just too hard to resist
Well, it seems the spider was misidentified.
It seems they were eager to go down the hard... err... difficult road to cure ED.
It seems they were eager to go down the hard... err... difficult road to cure ED.
What!!!!!!! Its not a killer and it causes a erection and they killed the spider - %$&# stupid ppl. There went my hopes and dreams. Oh well I can always hold out hope for that viagra side effect of a 4 hour erections ;-)
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Patients not only experience overall pain and an increase in blood pressure, they also sport an uncomfortable erection.
In Brazil, emergency room staff can immediately spot the victims of a bite.
ok I found that funny.
Ok were can we order one of the spiders ;-)