The worst thing is that the first answer sounded more correct to me than the
second:
To count to ten I used me fingers, if I needed more
By getting my shoes and socks off
I could count to twenty four
I'm Jake the [stops to count]
...to twenty five
Now I'll tell you all I know about spiders. It won't take long.
Our dear Australian spider, the redback, is said to be a close relative of
the black widow.
It bites, but is most dangerous to the elderly, the very young, and the
sick.
Suddenly we are hearing about another spider, the white tip. Poisonous.
"I've lived in Australia thirty years," I told one woman, "and I've never
heard of the white tip before."
"I've lived here all my life," she said, "and I've never heard of it,
either."
Goodness knows what else they'll find.
Well, here is a link for you to get the facts I can't give you:
http://www.amonline.net.au/factsheets/redback.htm
There's a beer called Redback, and you can buy handles for gear sticks with
a redback embedded in the resin (real or not, who is to say?)
http://www.emedicine.com/EMERG/topic546.htm In the US: Approximately 2500
widow spider bites were reported to the American Association of Poison
Control Centers (AAPCC) in 2001, although this figure is probably
conservative because of underreporting. Mortality/Morbidity: In the United
States, an average of 4 deaths per year are reported to occur as a result of
spider bites. However, no deaths caused by widow spider envenomation have
been reported to the AAPCC since its first annual report in 1983. A recent
death was reported after a black widow spider bite in Greece.
http://sydney.auscape.net.au/safety.html White Tipped Spider This one is
particularly nasty because it lives in houses, it's bite injects a small
amount of toxin that causes rotting. There is a cure for it but it is hard
to get hold of so if you see one of these beggars, steer clear of it.
Support group info: http://adelaidegraham.tripod.com/clinic.html ILLUSTRATED
... in severe
cases of necrosis from spider bites, the loss is extensive and irreversible,
reaching through all layers of skin. Skin death may start with surface
blistering, or with darkening below,
and can be rapid and agonizing. It can be accompanied by drastic attacks
of vomiting and diarrhea. Or, it may be gradual with very little pain. One
case in Melbourne had a fast onset and a slow, relentless continuation.
The only way of repairing the damage involves skin grafts, and sometimes
even amputations. Often the affected area appears intially as a small
blister and then satellite
ulcers develop around the original lesion. It may be necessary to excise
the total area of ulceration rather than to concentrate on the small areas,
because if left all layers of skin and underlying tissue subsequently break
down. This has been seen on several occasions, though it may not occur in
every case.
a.. http://www.qmuseum.qld.gov.au/features/spiders/redback-habitat.asp One
redback had killed a lizard and lifted it all webbed up into its parlour -
er, web.
Redback song sung by Slim Dusty and written by Slim Newton:
There was a redback on the toilet seat, when I was there last night
I didn't see him in the dark, but boy I felt his bite.
I jumped high up into the air and when I hit the ground
That crafty redback spider, wasn't nowhere to be found.
I rushed into the missus, told her just where I'd been bit
She grabbed the cut-throat razor blade, and I nearly took a fit.
I said, "Just forget what's on your mind and call the doctor, please,
'Cause I've got a feeling that your cure is worse than the disease."
Chorus: There was a redback on the toilet seat, when I was there last night
I didn't see him in the dark, but boy I felt his bite.
And now I'm here in hospital, a sad and sorry site
And I curse the redback spider, on the toilet seat last night.
I can't lie down, I can't sit up and I don't know what to do
And all the nurses think it's funny, but that's not my point of view.
I tell you it's embarrassing and that to say the least
That I'm too sick to eat a bit, while that spider had a feast.
And when I get back home again, I'll tell you what I'll do
I'll make that redback suffer, for the pain I'm going through.
I've had so many needles, that I'm looking like a sieve
And I promise you that spider, hasn't very long to live.
Okay, now you've had your money's worth I'll take a back seat again.
Heh heh.
Rowena
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