07/31/2024 – Translated from Ukrainian via Google and OFP
Reports of an allegedly abnormal increase in poisonous spiders in Ukraine and, accordingly, an increase in the number of people affected by the bites of such arachnids began to appear on the Internet. However, this information is not only untrue – it is another Russian fake.
This is according to the Center for countering disinformation at the NSDC, which verified the above reports at the Ministry of Health. In the latter, on this occasion, they said that “there seems to be another exacerbation in the swamps.”
In Russian fakes, it is claimed that several deaths have already been recorded and many people are in hospitals due to poisonous spider bites. What’s more, the Russians again mentioned the “American biolaboratories”, from where the “invasion is advancing”.
In fact, only one case of a karakurt bite was registered in July, after which the injured resident of Odesa region sought medical attention. He is in the hospital and receiving the necessary help, his condition is stable, Ukrainian doctors assured.
However, the Ministry of Health does not deny that spiders have really become more active due to this year’s abnormal heat in Ukraine. But, no deaths were recorded.
“If you are suddenly “lucky” to meet a poisonous spider, do not panic – just contact the medics. Cases when the bites of the most poisonous spider in Ukraine lead to death are practically rare,” the Ministry of Health said.
Unfortunately, the ministry did not explain which Ukrainian arachnids are considered the most dangerous and what their bites lead to. So we will do it. In Ukraine, there are only four species of spiders with poison dangerous for humans.
Karakurty
Black widows are the most poisonous spiders in Ukraine. The secretion of their glands is 15 times more lethal than the venom of a rattlesnake. However, these creatures do not reach truly murderous sizes: the female karakurt grows only up to 20 mm in length, and the male – up to 7 mm. Therefore, they do not have enough poison for a fatal bite.
Their main habitat is the Black Sea steppes, but in hot summer they can migrate to the more northern regions of the steppe and forest-steppe zone.
A karakurt bite causes convulsions, suffocation and severe poisoning (if the toxin gets into the blood and spreads throughout the body). After some time (up to 6 hours), a person begins to feel severe pain at the site of the bite, which then covers the entire body. The legs go numb, there is a difficulty to breathe, vomiting may happen. Symptoms usually last up to two days, then recovery occurs.
Tarantulas
These “hairy” spiders are difficult to confuse with any other species, because their size reaches 35 mm, and their large, powerful body and legs are covered with thick bristles. But this is only a frightening appearance. Tarantulas are the second most dangerous arachnids in Ukraine, and their poison is 50 times weaker than that of the karakurt.
Tarantula bites are not fatal even for children, but they are accompanied by a sharp deterioration in well-being. Inflammation occurs at the site of poison penetration, fever develops instantly, temperature rises, and lymph nodes swell. A person experiences all the symptoms of poisoning – nausea, weakness, muscle pain, which can last for several days.
Argiopes
These spiders are very beautiful: the elongated abdomen and long elongated legs are covered with bright black and yellow stripes. They are most often found in the steppe and coastal zone, but they can be found practically throughout the territory of Ukraine.
Argiopes can bite a person if he carelessly falls into a web and accidentally squeezes a spider in the process. Its poison is also not fatal to humans, but it can cause an allergic reaction in those who are prone to it. In other cases, inflammation and abscess develop at the site of the bite.
Brown recluse spiders
Brown recluses are also small in size: the body reaches no more than 7 mm in length, and together with the legs – a maximum of 20 mm. These spiders can settle in houses, choosing rarely visited and dry places to live.
Due to the small size of the gnats, a spider bite usually goes unnoticed. After a few hours, a tumor appears in the affected area and signs of intoxication appear. That is, headache, weakness, dizziness, nausea. Sometimes the tissues affected by the poison become numb and begin to rot. But in a few days everything passes.
As reported by OBOZ.UA, fakes about nuclear energy are also being actively spread in Ukraine – allegedly it is dangerous and not ecological, and besides, it is not beneficial. In fact, the operation of the nuclear power plant does not provoke emissions of harmful substances into the atmosphere at all. Deputy Minister of Energy Svitlana Grynchuk helped us assess the importance of “nuclear power”.
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This is one roach fake that I would help to spread … but amongst the roaches to scare them even more of Ukraine.
At least four of those spiders can be found in North America, too. I used to have a tarantula as a pet. Her name was Bogey.
Ukraine will soon have a good array of animals on their side. Along with the combat mosquitos and birds carrying the African swine flu and anthrax between Ukraine and mafia land, we now have poisonous spiders. I hope they are all good at killing cockroaches.
And when they finally croak, we have a lot of other animals that remove their stinking corpses from our land; dogs, cats, rats, shit rolling bugs, maggots, and worms.