288

arachnids (mander.xyz)

submitted 2 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz

25 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] tobogganablaze@lemmus.org 60 points 2 months ago

brown recluse

You're now banned from !spiders@lemmy.world

[-] Litany@lemmy.world 39 points 2 months ago

Memes aside, since I've been on the internet long enough to know that this could legitimately be the first time someone's seen this information:

A brown recluse is a real spider endemic to the central United States. They are small, slender, and brown. Their bites are venomous and can require medical attention. In rare cases they can potentially be lethal, especially in young children.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_recluse_spider

[-] tobogganablaze@lemmus.org 55 points 2 months ago

Thanks for that!

To expand more on the meme side: It's a notorious problem in spider communities that every brown spider will at some point be called a brown recluse by ... less educated people. Which can lead to innocent spiders being killed just for their skin colour! Which is why there are usually rules that prohibit layman from identifying medically significant spiders.

The spider in the picture is a tarantula, so very obvious not a brown recluse. That's the joke. It's funny here, but seriously don't make that joke on an actual spider community, none of the residents will think it's funny.

[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

My grandmother lost her pinky finger to one of those! Do not ingore the bite! It will require medical attention.

[-] AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

I hate brown recluses so much. I've known several people that needed surgery because of them

[-] SARGE@startrek.website 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I would like to know the inside joke, but I also don't want to look at a bunch of pictures of spiders...

I'm not arachnophobic, but I'm also not a spider voyeur, and am perfectly okay with them staying in their corners of the house while I stay in mine.

So uhhhh.... Can someone explain the joke I'm too scared to try and understand? I assume it's in the same vein as "the MELTdown " on the reddit grilled cheese page

[-] tobogganablaze@lemmus.org 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I did in another reply to the comment you just repied to.

[-] SARGE@startrek.website 10 points 2 months ago

Lmao that's what I get for leaving the page up for twenty minutes without hitting "submit reply"

[-] tobogganablaze@lemmus.org 9 points 2 months ago

lol, I've been there.

[-] flora_explora@beehaw.org 3 points 2 months ago

I somehow cannot see your explanation :( I can see the clarification regarding the "sentient dot" but not the "brown recluse".

[-] tobogganablaze@lemmus.org 4 points 2 months ago

To expand more on the meme side: It’s a notorious problem in spider communities that every brown spider will at some point be called a brown recluse by … less educated people. Which can lead to innocent spiders being killed just for their skin colour! Which is why there are usually rules that prohibit layman from identifying medically significant spiders.

The spider in the picture is a tarantula, so very obvious not a brown recluse. That’s the joke. It’s funny here, but seriously don’t make that joke on an actual spider community, none of the residents will think it’s funny.