Great resource 10/10
who would have thought - i think this is one of the best collection of white tail testimonials on the net
I too thought they were no more than a mosi bite got a couple of red marks after finding the odd small one crawlin on me at night- till i got bit by the a big one
your mileage may vary
believe what you like - but I'm waitin for a bunch of doubters to volunteer to be bitten in the name of scientific research
a couple of good bites by a few big females - some near the neck for full effect on the respiratory system and some by a lymph gland to test the immune response
as for long term effects - how long does tattoo ink stay in the system?
as for the murphy's law - i'd say we still have a lot more to learn
check this guy's research out - unrelated spider i know
http://www.physorg.com/news10463.html
Biology researchers at Lewis & Clark College and the University of Arizona have found evidence for an ancient transfer of a toxin between ancestors of two very dissimilar organisms--spiders and a bacterium.
"A pattern like this raises the possibility of lateral gene transfer as a explanation."
who knows - not me ...
If nature can design a naked ape that creates metal shells on wheels - why can't it create 8 legged bacterial warfare machines?
there's a bit of research out there now cos some guys think they can make money creating new horticultural pesticides from the toxin research - mostly on the brown recluse so far - stuff about ionisation and the effects of the toxin on electricity transfer in cells and effect on proteins or some such
who knows - maybe they host a virus - and Ibister has been bitten too and is hosting it in his brain...
http://schizophreniabulletin.oxfordj.../full/33/3/752
maybe there's a virus that just uses the the white tail as a land rover
