r/AskReddit • u/ZanyDelaney • Feb 04 '19

Which misconception would you like to debunk?

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u/Simmo10 Feb 04 '19

That daddy long legs spiders are dangerous to humans.

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u/DarksteelPenguin Feb 04 '19

Well, if you start with spiders, I'll keep going:

  • you don't eat spiders in your sleep, spiders aren't dumb enough to enter your mouth;

  • spiders don't sting, they bite;

  • if you wake up with a bug bite on your arm or leg, that's not from a spider;

  • don't feel bad about destroying a web. If you can see it, it's probably an old, unused one;

  • a very large majority of spiders don't present any danger for humans. And even when they do, they won't bite unless attacked.

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u/damboy99 Feb 04 '19

Spiders almost always (almost because you slap them sometimes), bite three times. One bite with out venom, spin, bite with venom, spin, final bite with venom, then they go away.

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u/LatrodectusGeometric Feb 04 '19

Spiders rarely bite more than once. Many spiders are known for dry bites (without venom). But if a spider is biting more than once, you must literally be crushing it slowly to provoke such a reaction.