can you blind a spider?
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The spider is a mirrific creature. After all it has no muscles and it has only 8 ocels (small visual cells like the ones you have on the retina in your eyes). It can be said that you have milions of ocels in your eye!\n\nI not experimented with a laser pointer, but I think is possible. Just point the laser in the good direction ... spider has its ocels on its head (cephalotorax which is the anterior part of his body)\n\n     * *\n   *     *\n   *     *\n     * *\n\nThis is the pattern of the ocels arrangement in spider (an regulated octogon which I tried to draw here ...).
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I have a brother who is blind. Due to optic nerve damage. From what we have been told. There is nothing medical that can be done. However nerves can, and have been known to rejuvenate on their own.
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Tonight, I was out with my 10 yr old and I was spraying some water on our plants. A toad came "running" out of his bush cover to sit in the spray. He was really liking it.  After a couple of minutes laughing at him, a spider crossed the walk about 4 ft away. That toad went on a beeline charge up to the spider. They sat about 4 inches apart - neither one so much as twitching. We froze and watched.  After 2 minutes, the toad pounced in! He tongue-flicked that spider and had a good meal.\nIt was a great moment to share and very educational for him. It cemented some of the things we have spoken about in the past about nature being brutal, but efficient and basically well-planned.\nGo forth and critter. \n\nIf the neighbors think you are "different" - then Thank GOODNESS. Because you are!
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When you are near a spider, just take a deep breath and react calmly towards it, do not harm the spider; it is cruel to the arachnids and you may regret it someday. If this does not help, you may try going to an open space and scream out loud that you hate spiders, shriek it again and again and you will feel brave that you are actually saying it out loud to anybody who happens to pass by. Once you feel that pang of bravery, bravado will fill your heart when you approach a spider.
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The one thing a spider is afriad of is attack form overhead (primarily wasps looking to lay eggs) You could see if your spider is more of less likely to treact to different colours/shapes suspended overhead.  Or even how it would react to a mirror.
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The best way to get spiders out of your basement and keep them out is to figure out what they are eating.\n\nAll spiders are predatory, feeding on insects and other invertebrates.  If you have a thriving population of spiders in your home, it means there's a thriving population of something else that is keeping them alive.\n\nIf you were to get rid of the spiders without removing the cause of the spiders, you may well end up with a big population explosion in whatever the spiders were eating.  Until you deal with that problem, the spiders are actually helping you.\n\nOnce you remove the food source for the spiders, you won't have a spider problem any more either.
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not according to this site: http://dermatology.cdlib.org/DOJvol5num2/special/recluse.html\n\nif you scroll down, it shows both the range, and some pics. also, if you're asking because you have a nasty, nectrotizing wound, it gives at least one example of a Pacific Northwest spider that can do that.
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The incorrect answer is C. Spiders will NOT accept dead insects. They only eat the fresh ones (otherwise we'd have a lot less dead insects around).\n\nHope this has helped you!
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It isn't impossible. It actually happens to lots of people. I got bite by a spider the other night. Just don't think about it because if it was a dangerous spider you would have been feeling different and most of the time it would have started to swell and change colors. Don't worry about it because it happens to alot of people. You actually EAT 7 spiders in a life time while you are sleeping.\n*superchic*
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If, on the other hand, you are hoping the spider will survive, I would suggest NOT doing it. Exotic species are a major cause of ecosystem damage and it is often hobbyists or individuals that are responsible for the introductions. I am sure it is also illegal. Governments are very ineffectual in dealing with this problem because it involves trade and lots of money, I hope that individual citizens can be more responsible.
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bats still use their eyes to see!! They use echolocation to find the precise location of prey...but they use eyes as well.  It may be albe to know where a bug is by the echolocation and then fly to that spot to get it...but would still need to see with it's eyes to grab it.  Bats are not constantly sending out signals...they use their eyes to see the rest of the time.  They send out the signals when they want to feed.  So, if you blindfolded a bat, it would crash into something, and most likely die.
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most spider bites are cicular and red  sometimes white in the center if your concerned   see a doctor go to the emergency  never seen a wishbone but have incountered  black widows and a brown recluse that the scariest around here,, good luck,, an old dude
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Okay, first you need to give it a proper burial. Pick out a nice little casket, make it look nice. Don't forget to invite all the spider's friends; maybe one of them could say a few words about the spider, and how they would like to remember the spider. Then bury it some place nice. Perhaps buy a little tomb stone. Hope this helps.
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There are black widow spiders in Wisconsin, and most likely there are also brown recluse spiders.\n\nBlack widows are black with a red hourglass on the underside of their shiny bodies. The Brown Recluse is another spider that is poisonous that you must be on the lookout for. It has long, skinny legs and is about one-half inch long overall. Its entire body is brown, except for a dark, violin shaped mark on its head.\n\nI believe these are the only two species of poisonous spiders in North America.
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You definitely can.  Spiders seek out warm, damp, dark places to make their nests or wait for prey.  On average, we eat lots of things we wouldn't normally think of eating.  We eat a pound or more of dirt each year found in our fruits and vegetables, for example.  Hate to say this... but we also ingest fecal materials (to put it gently) every year as well!  \nCome to think of it, I think I rather eat a spider than the variety of other things we find in and on our everyday foods!  It's nothing to worry about though so relax.  Ok, have a great night and sweet dreams!
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It wasn't a black widow spider which are poisonous.They are dark black and shiny not hairy with white stripes on the leg. They have a red hour glass shape on the belly.I believe it might be just an ordinary jumping spider found in most homes non poisonous.
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Spiders can bite and sometimes do for no reason.  They also are usually nocturnal (coming out at night).  \n\nMost spiders can not bite through human skin.  The ones that can are fairly rare and are usually known locally and eradicated.  (At least in the US)\n\nBefore you fear something, its a good idea to look to those with more experience (time).  I've lived with spiders for more than 4 decades and have only been bit once, and it wasn't much worse than a mosquito bite.  So ask those around you to lay your fears to rest.