MetaFilter posts tagged with poisonous

Points for extra misery.

zennie — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:17:16 -0800

The "Skin Rash Hall of Fame" at poison-ivy.org forecasts what can happen if you're human, allergic to urushiol, and can't recognize poison ivy, poison oak, or poison sumac. Behold the delights of urushiol-induced contact dermititis. Just one hazard of plants you really, really don't want to touch.

Invading spider is invading.

longsleeves — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:21:00 -0800

Spiders invading Europe. Spiders invading England. Spiders invading Pittsburgh. Spiders invading your produce section. Spiders invading other spiders. Recently I went out in the dark to wheel the trash countainer to the curb for the robotic arm to empty the next morning when I felt a spider web cling to my side. I knew at once that it was a web I had noticed that week, spun between the bin and the pole of our basketball hoop. A large garden spider with a bulging abdomen had been waiting in the middle for insects and I guess for her eggs to ripen. I brushed the web off my clothes as best I could and finished my task and climbed back up the stairs and into the kitchen. I washed my hands and turned around to see the spider crawling accross the floor. I grabbed a towel and killed her/him/it. Then I felt sad. Brown recluse spiders can kill and maim you. Know your poisonous US spiders. And then there's Australia.

...all I have ever wanted to do is play with venomous animals...

dersins — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:05:49 -0800

I consider myself to be one of the luckiest people alive. I get to travel the globe catching snakes with my lovely wife. [Warning: Frames Ahead. Also, snake venom LD-50 information.]

Animal victims of the blue ringed octopus are often fully conscious and paralyzed as the octopus consumes them

Astro Zombie — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 11:41:06 -0800

It's about the size of a golf ball. It is shockingly deadly. It has enough poison to kill 26 humans in minutes. If you see it's blue rings, it may already be too late. You will stop breathing. You will go blind. And the only way you will survive it is hours of artificial respiration and heart massage until the poison has worked its way out of your system. It is the blue-ringed octopus.