On Fri, Dec 27, 2002 at 02:10:59PM -0600, Horn, John wrote: > > From: Erik Reuter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > That used to worry me a lot. That one of my cats would eat > > a recluse > > > and die from it. But I was assured by someone that it's > > poison is an > > > injected poison not an injested poison. > > > > What does that mean? That it is not absorbed through the > > stomach/intestines? That it is neutralized destroyed by the stomach > > acid? That it is harmless in the bloodstream, only a problem in the > > skin? > > I'm not entirely sure but it did sound reassuring. ;-) > > I believe it means that the poison has to be injected through the fangs to > be dangerous. Swallowing a spider (without it biting you) wouldn't activate > the poison, somehow.
So the spider is like a double-barreled tube of 5-minute epoxy???? -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
