Swarms of venomous spiders invade Indian town

[Sundowner]

Weird I say...weird.

Regards,
Sun

SADIYA, India –  A town in India has suddenly been overrun by swarms of venomous spiders, leaving two people dead after being bitten.

It may sound like a B-grade horror movie, but residents of the town of Sadiya, in Assam state, say that on the evening of May 8 as they were celebrating a Hindu festival swarms of spiders suddenly appeared and attacked them, The Times of India reported.

Over the next few days two people -- a man, Purnakanta Buragohain, and an unnamed school boy -- died after being bitten by the spiders. Scores more turned up at the town's hospital with spider bites.

Local resident Jintu Gogoi spent a day in the hospital complaining of excruciating pain and nausea after being bitten. He said weeks later his finger was still blackened and swollen.

District authorities are also panicking -- and they are considering spraying the town with the insecticide DDT.

Locals say the most terrifying aspect is that spiders appear in swarms and their behavior is highly aggressive.

"It leaps at anything that comes close. Some of the victims claimed the spider latched on to them after biting. If that is so, it needs to be dealt with carefully. The chelicerae and fangs of this critter are quite powerful," head of the department of life sciences at Dibrugarh University Dr. L.R. Saikia said.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/06/03/2-people-dead-after-swarms-venomous-spiders-invade-indian-town/?test=latestnews#ixzz1woEAH4wP

[MarineUS]

Weird I say...weird.

Regards,
Sun

SADIYA, India –  A town in India has suddenly been overrun by swarms of venomous spiders, leaving two people dead after being bitten.

It may sound like a B-grade horror movie, but residents of the town of Sadiya, in Assam state, say that on the evening of May 8 as they were celebrating a Hindu festival swarms of spiders suddenly appeared and attacked them, The Times of India reported.

Over the next few days two people -- a man, Purnakanta Buragohain, and an unnamed school boy -- died after being bitten by the spiders. Scores more turned up at the town's hospital with spider bites.

Local resident Jintu Gogoi spent a day in the hospital complaining of excruciating pain and nausea after being bitten. He said weeks later his finger was still blackened and swollen.

District authorities are also panicking -- and they are considering spraying the town with the insecticide DDT.

Locals say the most terrifying aspect is that spiders appear in swarms and their behavior is highly aggressive.

"It leaps at anything that comes close. Some of the victims claimed the spider latched on to them after biting. If that is so, it needs to be dealt with carefully. The chelicerae and fangs of this critter are quite powerful," head of the department of life sciences at Dibrugarh University Dr. L.R. Saikia said.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/06/03/2-people-dead-after-swarms-venomous-spiders-invade-indian-town/?test=latestnews#ixzz1woEAH4wP

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God no....I don't do spiders...at all.

[deSelys]

What is scarier than spiders?

Zombie spiders!!

[Nathan60]

What is scarier than spiders?

Zombie spiders!!

from OUTERSPACE!! 

[jimson]

from OUTERSPACE!!  

with lasers attached to their friggin heads!

[PR3D4TOR]

<-- Screams like a little girl and runs away... 

[Nathan60]

with lasers attached to their friggin heads!

Oh yeah cant believe I forgot about the friggin head lasers!!

[F22RaptorDude]

I'm fine with black widows but not tarantulas!!!

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I'm fine with black widows but not tarantulas!!!

 

that is backasswards...there is not a tarantula in the world that can kill ya, hell most are so docile you can hold them.....

a Black widow on the other hand..... can kill ya.......and certainly wont let ya hold them.

I don't understand the thoughts of people...being afraid of something that you weigh.... what...... a thousand times more then?????


what is wrong with people today?  

I should have been born 1000 years ago.....I am alone in a world full of people who have no spine...who jump and scream at something no bigger then the palm of their hand.......

people who run from the truth and hold tight to a lie....


are there any real men left in this world?

am I the last of my kind.....

[F22RaptorDude]

that is backasswards...there is not a tarantula in the world that can kill ya, hell most are so docile you can hold them.....

a Black widow on the other hand..... can kill ya.......and certainly wont let ya hold them.

I don't understand the thoughts of people...being afraid of something that you weigh.... what...... a thousand times more then?????


what is wrong with people today?  

I should have been born 1000 years ago.....I am alone in a world full of people who have no spine...who jump and scream at something no bigger then the palm of their hand.......

people who run from the truth and hold tight to a lie....


are there any real men left in this world?

am I the last of my kind.....

I only have a problem with hairy spiders with giant fangs, i'm fine with anything else, I love snakes 

[MarineUS]

that is backasswards...there is not a tarantula in the world that can kill ya, hell most are so docile you can hold them.....

a Black widow on the other hand..... can kill ya.......and certainly wont let ya hold them.

I don't understand the thoughts of people...being afraid of something that you weigh.... what...... a thousand times more then?????


what is wrong with people today?  

I should have been born 1000 years ago.....I am alone in a world full of people who have no spine...who jump and scream at something no bigger then the palm of their hand.......

people who run from the truth and hold tight to a lie....


are there any real men left in this world?

am I the last of my kind.....

I just don't like dealing with something that can kill me and me not realize I've been bitten until it's too late.  

I can live in the woods, sleep in a hole all that good stuff. I just don't like spiders.    

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I only have a problem with hairy spiders with giant fangs, i'm fine with anything else, I love snakes  

snakes are awesome.... so are tarantulas and Black widows and Parana's......hell all animals


one thing I always tell people who are afraid or disliking of certain animals

you ALWAYS know what they are....a tarantula will not pretend to be a rabbit to get close to you and befriend you to bite you....1000% you always KNOW what they are...people on the other hand.....there is a good chance they are not what they pretend to be.....

I just don't like dealing with something that can kill me and me not realize I've been bitten until it's too late. 

I can live in the woods, sleep in a hole all that good stuff. I just don't like spiders.   

this world would be so much worse if not for spiders, it is against the rules to kill spiders in my house....we catch and release.

[Mar]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Sz1j2Z7GQc

I love spiders.

[Shuffler]

This story is based on rumors. The man that died they think was bitten by a snake and then he was taken to some tribal faith healer. The teen that died... they can't find any bite marks and no one has said he was bitten by anything.


So far the spiders (10) that have been collected and turned in are terantulas which are common in the area. Five are being tested tobe sure.



I had a terantula when I was a kid. I played with him all the time. He was like a tank climbing over stuff. He never bit me but they can if you make them mad. They are not poisonous here in Texas.

[Butcher]