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Brazilian Spider Bite May Become the Next Viagra
An anonymous reader writes "Scientists believe a spider could lead to a breakthrough in sexual health after finding a single bite can cause a four-hour erection. According to the report, researchers at the Medical College of Georgia believe the venom of the Brazilian wandering spider could lead to a new cure for erectile dysfunction. Dr Kenia Nunes, a physiologist at the college, said it works in a different way to Viagra. 'This is good because we know that some patients don't respond to the conventional therapy. This could be an optional treatment for them,' she said. Her study, published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine, involved experiments using hypertensive rats with severe erectile dysfunction."
I better work on my cardio...
That is by far the worst possible thing that can happen to any man. http://my.clevelandclinic.org/disorders/priapism/hic_priapism.aspx
Couldn't resist.
Proverbs 21:19
Can't wait to see this origin story played out on the big screen!
I swear to God...I swear to God! That is NOT how you treat your human!
I'll stick to my human horn, thanks.
Admit it. You post strawman arguments as AC so you get modded Insightful for refuting them, rather than Troll
Ok, how in the H*LL do you know that they rats are hypertensive and have erectile dysfunction?? I can just see the scientists..... I am going to stop, any sentence that involves scientists, rats, and fluff girls is just wrong.
who'd have thought?
BTW, where does the spider need to bite them?
I was bitten by a P. Nigriventer once in Brazil, I was walking through a lawn wearing flip-flops and it bit me in the toe. I think I was fortunate that it wasn't in the "armed" position, so the bite just glanced me and I didn't get the full poison load. I stepped on the spider to kill it and a biologist neighbor identified it for me.
I had a painful toe for a few hours, but that was all.
Can't say about the sex boost, since I was 16 at the time and a nearly continuous hard on is a fact of life at that age.
The Nigriventer is so deadly because of the large amount of poison it can inject, up to 8 ml. I knew a family who lost a 4 year old soon to a bite. The spider was hidden in the child's shoe and bit him in the foot. A good practice in the country in Brazil is to shake boots and shoes before wearing them.
This spider was featured on "1000 Ways to Die." It bit a guy, he got a 4-hour erection, and then died during the obligatory sex. Perhaps this spider isn't so great after all....
From the article
Phoneutria nigriventer, sometimes called Brazilian wandering spiders or banana spiders, are hairy and unsightly little creatures said to have some of the world’s most toxic venoms. Aside from four hours of supposed pleasure, the venom will also incapacitate a person’s muscle control, cause severe pain and trigger breathing problems. In some cases – if left untreated – it could lead to death
I can hear the announcer now..."Side effects may include incapacitation or loss of muscle control, severe pain, breathing problems, and death."
Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. -- Isaac Asimov
... itch and irritation at the bite area, headaches, nausea, searing pain, complete paralysis, organ liquefaction, tissue necrosis, death and priapism. Spider venom is not for everyone. Consult your physician if you survive an erection more than 1 hour long.
I may get whooshed on this, but I'm assuming you are not making some form of obtuse joke.
The conventional therapy is Viagra (as mentioned in the previous sentence of the summary).
Since the spider venom works in a different way than Viagra does, I'm assuming the point here is that a drug based on the spider venom might work on some patients that do not respond to Viagra. So if Viagra doesn't get Mr. Johnson ready for some action, ask your doctor if Spideyagra is right for you (insert list of possible side effects)!
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Spider bites and my penis are two things that should never be combined
It's obvious -- the rats didn't get erections when shown pictures of Minnie Mouse naked!
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
Interesting article. In particular, I liked the following assertion:
I got curious and searched for priapism and marijuana on Google Scholar. The first link contains quotes such as:
Cute.
How do you recognize this spider? It's the one with nine legs, of course.