Zoanthid Spider Bite!!!!!

[HookedOnCoral]

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.

 

[dc_909]

Never heard of that before.

 

[Rackyrane]

Me either. I had a bunch of these things a few months back and never got bitten. Are you sure it was a spider?

 

[HookedOnCoral]

100% sure

 

[edwing206]

Got pics of the bite?

 

[HookedOnCoral]

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.

 

[LoudProudNPunk]

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.

 

[HookedOnCoral]

I am perfect today and you cant even tell i have been bit. I wouldnt worry if i ever got bit agian. Thanks

 

[coral acquisition]

how big are these spiders? what would eat them i dont have any right now (i hope) but i want to be prepared.

 

[Rackyrane]

There are several threads on RC about them. Pictures are on zoaid.com. Wetwebmedia.com has several threads about them too.

 

[lfduty]

You can go to a link called www.zoaID.com they have a picture of the spider that you can see

 

[G.SMITHII]

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:eek2:

still some freaky weirdness!!

 

[whodah]

I'm glad to hear it's looking OK!

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

 

[Kigs]

LOL! are we witnessing the creation of an aqua spiderman? :lol:

 

[akrimmel]

didn't know they could bite, good to know!

 

[edwing206]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10014554#post10014554 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by whodah
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!

 

[HookedOnCoral]

Update:

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

Spiderman lol....