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Dad was right....
All those supplements and fresh food are gonna kill me someday.
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/03/18/deadly-spider-at-gro.html
"A Brazilian wandering spider, the most venomous spider in the world, was scurrying around a Whole Foods Market in Tulsa, Oklahoma. An employee caught the spider in the produce section and the store called the University of Tulsa."
(It travels by bananas....ARGH!!!)
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/03/18/deadly-spider-at-gro.html
"A Brazilian wandering spider, the most venomous spider in the world, was scurrying around a Whole Foods Market in Tulsa, Oklahoma. An employee caught the spider in the produce section and the store called the University of Tulsa."
(It travels by bananas....ARGH!!!)
Probably not, actually :)
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Black Widows are often found in grape bundles -- so look carefully when selecting grapes!
(And -- avoid furry lobsters...)
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Christine and I found black widows in our garage. She crushed 'em with a long board. And Texas scorpions? Not fatal. Any of 'em. I learned that when one stung me in the middle of the night. On my bed.
If you want to double-check the fruit before you pick it up in the store, it only takes a few seconds. But as a source of worry, the ROI is negative. ;)
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Yes -- I remind myself every time I go spelunking in the garage that there are black widows and brown recluse in every garage in Texas.
And scorpion stings (American scorpions) hurt, but are not fatal -- not even serious. More like a wasp stinger brush -- electric but survivable as long as you don't go into anaphylactic shock.
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I didn't know we had black widows in the northeast until one of 'em bit me. I still like spiders...but not in my sofa, thanks. Brown recluse still scare the bejazus out of me.
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Wise woman -- a friend got bit down here, and it went into the bloodstream. Never had a festering wound. Months later he went into shock and was in the emergency room where the doctor on duty just happened to be an insect venom specialist -- which is why TKII is still alive.
We sometimes sit in the sun when it's still cold, like lizards, and swap superpowers stories....
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In other words, the amount of positive return (being EXTRA careful to check for that 1 in a million chance of there being a truly nasty spider on the piece of fruit you're putting your hand on, and more prepared to deal with the consequences if it does happen) is far less than the negative effect on your health and happiness of actively worrying about it.
Don't worry about it. Just check your fruit. :>
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Who has TIME to worry about it? We should all be buying more real food to cook -- time savers = big bucks. So...make sure the produce isn't moving.
I remember the first time I watched my mom soak cut up fresh broccoli in a bowl with salt. A worm scurried out of the stem! So -- it happens up north, too. I just don't want to become complacent about it.
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These guys like grease, I would think. There's rice in the food, too, which is sweet to them. Decisions, decisions. They're hitting the raid solid baits, but no slow-down in ants yet.
cat food in dishes
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