I ate a spider. What do I do?!


Question: I went to the sink to grab some water.
I picked up a glass from inside the sink which looked clean, and then filled it with water and drank.
I felt something that felt like a piece of toast go down my throat with the water.
My girlfriend told me that she just put a dead spider in the sink.

SO, I drank a spider.... what do I do now?


Answers: I went to the sink to grab some water.
I picked up a glass from inside the sink which looked clean, and then filled it with water and drank.
I felt something that felt like a piece of toast go down my throat with the water.
My girlfriend told me that she just put a dead spider in the sink.

SO, I drank a spider.... what do I do now?

Its not a big deal.

Most likely the spider's fangs will not get you, since its too dead to actually make the thrust. Even if they do wind up getting something, the vast majority of spiders in America and most western countries aren't actually poisonous.

For those that are, none are dangerous enough to kill you. Even the Black Widow and the Brown Recluse are too weak in venom to kill anyone older than 12. I assume if you have a girlfriend you are at least 12, probably older.

The only spider strong enough to kill an adult human is the Australian Funnel Web. And that spider is so small that you wouldn't have felt it probably at all; and certainly nothing that would feel like a piece of toast. So this one can be ruled out immediately.

So basically you shouldn't have a problem with venom, and if you do it won't be enough to do more than make you feel slightly queasy for a day or two.



Add-on:

Spiders are very good for you. Most insects and arachnids (spiders aren't insects) are good for you. While I doubt you'd go around looking for spiders or bugs to eat (I wouldn't), you'd be hardpressed to find a better meal for you in terms of vitamins. So overall you probably came out the better for this rather than worse.

Kind of "icky," but not a problem to eat a spider. And who knows, maybe it was a piece of toast...

see a doctor.

have some more!!! a dead spider wont bite... plus the exo skeleton wont get penetrated by ur stomach acids

Smack your girlfriend. She planned it.

I guess, Tobey Maguire will be out of job now.

go poop it out
:)

Digest it.

yuck!!!! that was mean of her!! you'll be ok...nothing for u to do. i hear we swallow bugs in our sleep, so now he has some friends :P

well it was dead so it cant do too much to you. your stomach will fix it up. but go to your doctor or call a medical hotline (if you have one)

1. Digest the spider (this will be easy and require no effort on your part)
2. Dump that idiot girlfriend and find a new one. Jeeze, what a retard.

1. what kind of spider was it? as long as it's not a brown recluse, wolf spider or a black widow you should be fine.

2. You should probably call the hospital emergancy room just to be causous (in case you are alergic to spiders) and see what you need to look for in case the spiders' venom should get into your system.

Most likely you'll be fine and poop the spider out within a day or two at the longest. However, just to be on the safe side...you should call your local hospital just to be sure of things in case you need to get some anti-venom.

(chances are it was a brown spider or a common grey spider...since they are the most common to find in a house. Occasionally you'll see black spiders...(which jump and are very agresssive), but not nearly as often as the brown or grey ones).

since it was dead, it cant really do any damage to ur body. and if it was a small spider, than it really cant do any damage to u because it is most likely not harmful. and if u have any odd symptoms, then of course you should go see a doctor. but give it some time so u can digest it

eeeeeeeeeeouh its..........awful ...I'm afraid spiders and
i cant either looooook at them
so inside of u is a spider...............no comment!!!!

Apparently we eat on average 7 spiders a year while we sleep. I think you'll be okay.

Still though, how'd you managed to drink a spider? From now on watch what you eat/drink.

Its was dead, if your still alive after you poop...you should survive.

nothing you can do,,,untill you go poop it will come out

first of all, i would be gagging if i were you
but you'll be fine
we swallow over 8 spiders while we sleep in our lifetime i guess you would of swallowed 9
dont sweat it

ur gonna die no matter what





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