• Maharashtra@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Not quite, but yes.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urticating_hair

    In addition, you may smack an insect that walks on your skin, thus smashing it to a pulp, that turns out to be toxic.

    In addition, some wild tribes has been using small toxic animals, insects and alike to create liquid “juices”, they then poured on the arrows and tips of spears. It’s possible that even a skin-contact with such a substance may lead to unpleasant effects. I’d have to check the details, though.

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      1 year ago

      Urticating hair jave nothing to do with toxins or poison. Another example of you spreading misinformation.

      The hairs are basically little harpoons with hooks and they get embedded into soft tissue an cause irriration and itching, even inflamation. But they are not poisonous/venemous.

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        1 year ago

        The question wasn’t about toxins, but about absorbing spiders via skin, which is funny, but imprecise idea. And the answer to it, is indeed uricating hair. You also completely and conveniently skipped the “natural toxins” as used by wild tribes.

        https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6832493/

        Now… You made the claim that eating a bowl of spiders is harmless.

        Photo, recording of you doing so, please.

        And please, stop trolling, because that’s what you’re doing.