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For Those Fearful of Spiders and Snakes, This Year's World Cup Could Be Tough :don'twantto-see:/
Brazil: the magical land of samba, soccer, Seleção…and spiders. Big, fat hairy spiders. And snakes. And flesh-eating fish.
Brazil is a wonderful place for the World Cup, the quadrennial soccer tournament that begins there on Thursday, but it could prove problematic for traveling fans who suffer from two of the most common phobias: arachnophobia and ophidiophobia, which is even harder to pronounce when a viper is slithering toward you.
The Brazilian wandering spider is of particular concern. Not only is this beast the size of a dinner plate—it is also the most poisonous spider in the world, Guinness says. There is an antidote for wandering spider bites, so deaths are rare. Its venom can, however, cause erections in male victims, which seems an unnecessarily cruel blow to a man's dignity. Arachnophobes who suffer from medorthophobia are doomed.
https://online.wsj.com/articles/bra...py-crawlies-1402345845?ru=yahoo?mod=yahoo_itp
Brazil: the magical land of samba, soccer, Seleção…and spiders. Big, fat hairy spiders. And snakes. And flesh-eating fish.
Brazil is a wonderful place for the World Cup, the quadrennial soccer tournament that begins there on Thursday, but it could prove problematic for traveling fans who suffer from two of the most common phobias: arachnophobia and ophidiophobia, which is even harder to pronounce when a viper is slithering toward you.
The Brazilian wandering spider is of particular concern. Not only is this beast the size of a dinner plate—it is also the most poisonous spider in the world, Guinness says. There is an antidote for wandering spider bites, so deaths are rare. Its venom can, however, cause erections in male victims, which seems an unnecessarily cruel blow to a man's dignity. Arachnophobes who suffer from medorthophobia are doomed.
https://online.wsj.com/articles/bra...py-crawlies-1402345845?ru=yahoo?mod=yahoo_itp
