I've got a female Black Widow in a jar on my desk

[HEyHEY]

One of my co-worker's son caught it.

What should I do with it?


Thumb wrestle?

[noahmijo]

1. Uh might wanna get rid of it....

being that if it gets loose and bites you or someone they'll have less than hour to get medical attention....

[commander bunnypants]

2. let it crawl around

It can be your desk mascot

DDQM

[Guy Fawkes]

3. I know a cat that would love to eat it...

[Richardo]

4. You let Theresa Russell go this very minute!

[Langis]

5. Let it go

And play find the Black Widow! It's all good fun!

[iconoclastic cat]

6. In all seriousness, you should bring it to a zoo.

A woman here in Chicago found a black widow on her bag of grapes. She brought it to the Lincoln Park Zoo (which is free to the public), and they put the spider in an exhibit where she will be spoiled for the rest of her little spider life.
:)

[DelawareValleyDem]

7. Find a Freeper

and ask them to stick their hand in the jar.

[HEyHEY]

11. Yeah, it's a way to meet god

I'm sure they'll do it! :-)

[HEyHEY]

8. I really don't know what to do with it

But those airholes look a little to big to me.

[iconoclastic cat]

13. Tape over half of each air hole. Then bring her to a zoo!

[SoDesuKa]

9. Release it in a Remote Area

Check what kind of habitat it likes, then release it. Animals don't have to be cute and cuddly to be protected. If it exists, it has a niche in some ecosystem. It belongs here.

[meegbear]

10. Cue Vincent Price

Leaving lepidoptra - please, don't touch the display, little boy, aha cute!
Moving to the next aisle we have arachnida, the spiders, our.. finest collection.
This friendly little devil is the heptothilidi, unfortunately harmless.
Next to him, the nasty licosa raptoria, his tiny fangs cause creeping ulcerations of the skin *laugh*.

And here, my prize, the Black Widow. Isn't she lovely?.. and so deadly.
Her kiss is fifteen times as poisonous as that of the rattlesnake.
You see her venom is highly neurotoxic, which is to say that it attacks the central nervous system causing intense pain, profuse sweating, difficulty in breathing,
loss of consciousness, violent convulsions and, finally.. death.
You know I think what I love the most about her is her inborn need to dominate,
possess.
In fact, immediately after the consummation of her marriage to the smaller and weaker male of the specie she kills and eats him - *laugh*
oh, she is delicious.. and I hope he was!
Such power and dignity - unhampered by sentiment. If I may put forward a slice of personal philosophy, I feel that man has ruled this world as a stumbling demented child-king long enough!
And as his empire crumbles, my precious Black Widow shall rise as his most fitting successor!

[SpaceCatMeetsMars]

16. "stumbling demented child-king"?

I didn't know Vincent Price even knew George Bush! (Although he would have seen through him immediately, I always loved Vincent, he was great!)

[meegbear]

22. LOL

I guess he was a visionary.

[Beer Snob-50]

24. oh my god!!!

that was the opening to alice coopers classic "black widow"

these words he speaks are true
we are just evolutionary stew
if we don't pledge alligence to
the black widow.

[meegbear]

26. The horror that he'll bring

The horror of his sting
The unholiest of kings..
The Black Widow

Our minds will be his toy
And every girl and boy
Will learn to be employed...
The Black Widow

Love me (yes we love me)
Love him (yes we love him)
Love me (yes we love him)


He sits upon his throne
And picks at all the bones
Of his husbands and his wives he's devoured
He stares with a gleam
With a laugh so obscene
At the virgins and the children he's deflowered

Love me (yes we love me)
Love him (yes we love him)
Love me (yes we love him)

Our thoughts are hot and crazed
Our brains are webbed in haze
Of mindless senseless daze
The Black Widow

'Cause words he says are true
We're all humanary stew
If we don't pledge allegiance to
The Black Widow

[Gothic Sponge]

12. Set it free.

[iconoclastic cat]

15. (Cue Sting...) Free, free, set it free...

If you love some spider...

[MaryH]

14. Be Really Careful With It

Black Widow bites are so painful it will bring you straight to your knees.

[Tempest]

17. Want some more?

I have a garage full of them.

They must be mutants because every time I spray them, they get bigger.

[flamingyouth]

18. Hey, this thread is discriminatory against widows!

I'm turning you in, kid! :evilgrin:

[HEyHEY]

19. Haha - I called the health unit

And said I have one of these things and I am under the impression I'm supposed to call them if I get one.
She said "Are you sure it's a Black Widow?"
I answered "OOOhh yeah, it's already killed three people."
SHe says "Well, bring them up too."

haha

[Skittles]

20. let her go

or I will stick your ass in a jar. :D

[Wilber_Stool]

21. Oh Hell

Just stomp on it.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

23. Get a brown recluse in there

and see who wins. (just kidding!)

[Placebo]

25. Can you post a pic???

I would love to seeeeeeeeeeeeee :bounce:

[Bunny]

27. My brother got bit in the ass by a black widow spider.

While using a porta-john during his annual two-week stint in the Naval Reserves in VA. He swelled up something awful, and could have died if there hadn't been medical treatment handy.

I'd get rid of the little varmint.

[Xithras]

28. BW bites are rarely lethal

I have a big problem with them every summer and have been bitten three times. It hurts like heck, you ALWAYS get some serious swelling around the bite area, but they are generally only lethal to small children, the elderly, or people who are already suffering from other health problems. It's true that black widow venom is more powerful than rattlesnake venom, but you have to remember that they only inject a miniscule amount of venom compared to a snake. They evolved to kill insects, not people, and their dosage is adjusted accordingly.

My opinion? Dump it out and squish it. Do NOT keep it around your house. If the BW sits in there long enough it will drop eggs, and the baby widows will easily escape through your air holes. You do NOT want a house or office full of black widows!

Spiders don't have a nervous system like we do, and don't feel pain. Dump it out and squish it, but be careful...they can be quick and I've seen them jump up to a foot to escape mine.

[HEyHEY]

29. PIC!

[Placebo]

30. That is so cool!

My cousins captured a praying mantis in a jar for me once but we ended up letting it go.

[Magrittes Pipe]

31. Put her on your penis.

And see what happens! :bounce:

[Deja Q]

32. Dinner!

:9