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Originally Posted by dissentowner
Yes I did and it is still rubbish. There is no way that swarms of tarantulas swooped into a village and just started attacking villagers. It is ridiculous. I concede it would be possible for two people to die from tarantula bites if they had the most severe allergy to spider venom ever known to man. They would be the first two confirmed deaths from a tarantula bite in history. Why are the science publications not picking this up? This would be a historic finding, a species of large spider that hunts in packs and agressively targets people. It shoud be headline news. Also, even with a severe allergy it would still take a pretty long time for a tarantula's venom to kill you. It can be immediately treated with anti-histamine which can be found at any medical facility.
Here was a guide I found to India's venomous animals, under spiders it states they have not had any fatalities in years, probably not since modern medicine times.
http://billericky.hubpages.com/hub/P...iders-in-India
This story sounds more like a horror movie than anything remotely realistic. |
Well the article stated that most of the people didn't go to the hospital. They went to local witch doctors and healers, and that could have been a factor. Plus allergies to insect bites and stings can kill you pretty quickly, I know some people who have to carry around epee pens for just that reason. You've never heard of people dying from bee stings or spider bites before? It's not terribly uncommon. I'm not sure where your getting your facts from that people don't die from being allergic to insect/spider bites.
As well the article did state that yes the spider behavior in the story is very strange but not unprecedented. Spiders can swarm if environmental conditions are against them. As for the aggressiveness, that is also very weird, but I don't know. Says they are looking into the case.
As for what the spiders are doing there, they also state that it doesn't appear to be a spider that they knew was native to the area. It may have been transported there from somewhere, perhaps even already bred with a local species to create a new one. Like the Africanized honey bees in North America.
Lastly I don't know why the story isn't more widely spread, there could be lots of reasons. Maybe it will be in the weeks to come.
I'm not saying your wrong, it's just your first posts didn't really do much to challenge the article, it didn't even seem like you read it. Everything you say here was already covered in the article so it makes me wonder if you bothered to go through it or you just jumped at the headline and the post.