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Old 05/22/2007, 10:42 PM
HookedOnCoral HookedOnCoral is offline
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Zoanthid Spider Bite!!!!!
I got bit by one of these things on my finger. Am I in danger? Are they posionous? I got bit about 4 hours ago and it hurt a bit, but i am not in any pain right now. It looks a bit swelled up and red but nothing major.




Please let me know any information you guys can.
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Old 05/22/2007, 11:02 PM
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Never heard of that before.
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Old 05/22/2007, 11:06 PM
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Me either. I had a bunch of these things a few months back and never got bitten. Are you sure it was a spider?
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Old 05/22/2007, 11:14 PM
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100% sure
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Old 05/23/2007, 12:22 AM
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Got pics of the bite?
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Old 05/23/2007, 12:27 AM
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It really doesnt look that bad. Just a little sore now... No pics yet. I will take some if it gets any worse. I talked to Mitch at wet wet media dot com. He said i will be fine and they are not poisonous. He told me to be careful that it does not get infected. I could not find much info at all about this. I will post agian tomorrow so people can find this in the future. Thanks all.
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Old 05/23/2007, 02:06 AM
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i would think you would be fine, but one thing that crossed my mind [not to worry you]

do you think its possible to have a spider bite into a zoa, get a bunch of paly toxin in its mouth and teeth, then bit into you and transfer the toxin to you?

i know paly toxin has been used on spears before as a weapon.

just a thought.
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Old 05/23/2007, 03:45 PM
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I am perfect today and you cant even tell i have been bit. I wouldnt worry if i ever got bit agian. Thanks
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Old 05/24/2007, 04:13 PM
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how big are these spiders? what would eat them i dont have any right now (i hope) but i want to be prepared.
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Old 05/24/2007, 05:35 PM
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There are several threads on RC about them. Pictures are on zoaid.com. Wetwebmedia.com has several threads about them too.
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Old 05/24/2007, 09:59 PM
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You can go to a link called www.zoaID.com they have a picture of the spider that you can see
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Old 05/25/2007, 11:03 AM
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DEAR GOD!! ima frekin bug freak and that gives me the hebie-jebies!!

i dont think toxins would be much of a worry, unless you like, happened to eat one

still some freaky weirdness!!
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Old 05/25/2007, 02:35 PM
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I'm glad to hear it's looking OK!

Let us all know if you can now cast webs out of your wrists, OK?

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Old 05/25/2007, 03:20 PM
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LOL! are we witnessing the creation of an aqua spiderman?
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Old 05/25/2007, 03:23 PM
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didn't know they could bite, good to know!
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Old 05/25/2007, 06:38 PM
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I'm glad to hear it's looking OK!

Let us all know if you can now cast webs out of your wrists, OK?
Haha. Nice!
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Old 05/27/2007, 02:31 AM
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Update:

Im still perfect so im very happy that they are not that bad.

Spiderman lol....
 

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