Big black Spiders in the pool! - Page 2 - Spanish Real Estate forum - Spanish property

Linka · 09-08-2008, 12:23 PM

No ;Problem,

I'll drop them off at your office this afternoon!

Homefinder · 09-08-2008, 01:10 PM

Noooooooooo!

Linka · 09-08-2008, 09:22 PM

What do you mean No? Its to late for that. I've collected a bin bag full...

Homefinder · 09-09-2008, 01:37 PM

Quote:

Grieving Widower Arrested by Guardia Civil
By our correspondent in Madrid, Spain

Grieving widower, Charles Laker, was arrested last night at his home in Algorfa, near Madrid, Spain and charged under the Protected Species Act.
We previously reported "Ex-Pat Family Attacked by Spiders" in August last year. The Laker home was invaded by a swarm of black spiders in the middle of the night. Mrs Laker and their child died from the bites whilst Mr Laker was out having a drink with friends. Mr Laker came back at 2 am and stomped 1,000’s of spiders to death.
The Valencia Tarantula (Tarantulas Valencius) was thought to be extinct but seems to be thriving in Alicante, Spain where many British Ex-Pats have made their homes.
The species is known to be particularly dangerous because the baby spiders go on living in the mother spider’s body for weeks, eating her from the inside and growing larger.
Mr Laker was remanded without bail and, in an exclusive interview with our correspondent, explained –
“I found spiders in my swimming pool every day and thought they had drowned. My Wayne saved them all in a box. You know what little boys are like!”
A forensic report after the event stated that the majority of the spiders in the box were pregnant females.
Mr Laker stated: “This is my worst nightmare of all. I was hoping to start a new life with my new partner who is having my baby next week. Now I will have to sell the house to pay the fine and she has gone back to her parents in Columbia.”

Linka - I did a bit of research, see above.
I think that you should keep the spiders round at your place but get in touch with Greenpeace or whoever is responsible for endangered spiders. It is only fair that YOU get the publicity. You could be famous if they all hatch out! Please don't forget to mention the Costa Blanca Forum if you are interviewed by the BBC.

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Linka · 09-09-2008, 02:55 PM

Very funny!!!

It was a joke though wasn't it? I mean really, its not true is it?

Homefinder? Not true right?

Homefinder · 09-09-2008, 03:26 PM

Actually I made that one up but I have been doing some more research and it could happen. See this one about pregnant spiders.

I'll keep looking! Meanwhile, hang onto the spiders but keep the bin-bag sealed!

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Homefinder · 09-09-2008, 03:39 PM

Deadly Spiderbite

Browsing around, I just discovered this one-sided transcript of an amazing telephone conversation between an Australian Outback doctor and his dying patient.

Quote:

“Hello! Queensland Wilderness Emergency Medical, how can I help you?”
“Bitten by a spider eh? Did you see what kind of spider it was?”
“You killed it? Great, please describe it to me.”
“Right, that sounds like the Queensland Tarantula but you should not have killed it Sir, it is a protected species.”
“I am sorry Sir, but if you use language like that, I will have to ring off. Let’s see what we can do for you? Just a moment.”
“. . . Wikipedia . . . venomous Australian spiders . . . ah, here it is” “ . . . enough venom to kill as many as 10 human adults, 2,000 mice or an horse . . “
“Well, you really have found yourself an interesting specimen there, eh?” “I am going to get a specialised medic to call you back”

A bit later on:

“Hi, Queensland Wilderness Emergency Medical, Dr. O’Reiley, you can call me Sean”
“We don’t have to worry, Sir, Wikipedia says that the bite of the Queensland Tarantula is seldom fatal if the spider is under 3” diameter.”
“You say about a foot? Well, not to worry, we’ll start the emergency procedure right away.”
”Now let’s see now . . . we enlarge the bite with a sterile knife and get a companion to suck the poison out.”
“You’re alone? Not a problem this is something we can do ourselves.”
“Where? I think you mean your buttock, Sir. Not to worry, we have already dispatched a wilderness paramedic on horseback and he will be there soon. Give me the coordinates from your Sat Nav.”
“Let me see now . . . that’s ummm . . . about 60 miles - well, he has quite a fast horse!” “We’ll start the procedure right away . . . let’s see . . . break the seal on your Emergency Wilderness Pack Mark III, inject yourself with 1 ampoule of polyvalent anti-venom and have the adrenaline injection syringe ready for later.”
“You say you don’t have the Mark III Pack, only the Mark I. Hang on a bit and we’ll see what’s in the Mark I.”
“Right, got it. We’re going for the Paracetamol.” “Take 5 of them!”
”Yes, I know it says ‘Dangerous to exceed the stated dose’ but lets not worry about that right now, just take the Paracetamol, stay calm and sit down.”
“You can’t stand up anyway? Look, my mobile phone battery is getting low, I am going to call you back later.”

Even later:

“Hi there, it’s Sean, how are we doing?”
“Well, I’m sorry to hear that but don’t worry our man is already 10 miles out. We’re going to make ourselves as cool and as comfortable as possible ‘till he gets there. We’re going to pour a pint of water over our head, soak our hat and put it back on.”
“Yep, I guess your head would have swelled up a bit, so let’s not bother with the hat”
“You don’t have a lot of water? Let’s not even worry about getting thirsty later.”
“OK! Now we’re going to sit up, put our head between our legs and kiss . . . .”

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Shareacar · 01-05-2009, 02:57 AM

well that was an eyeopener (wiki), I though the tarantula and black widow references were a bit of fune, not genuine. I know we have spiders with nasty bites (swollen arm, swollen leg) due to personal experience but never did I consider black widows, tarantulas or wolf spiders.

I suppose I'll start seeing king cobras in the barancos next.

Anyone know a shop that sells armour :-)

Homefinder · 01-05-2009, 03:17 AM

Don't worry about it too much these things are not really dangerous to a healthy adult. I was one bitten by an adder on the wrist, in the middle of the night, whilst fishing. I did nothing about it except suck the poison out. No problem at all.
Admittidly I was a bit worried because I was miles away from anywhere.
Really this post was all about me winding Linker up but, as you see, she came off on top.
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