[SocialSuicide]

Yeah, great idea to piss off a massive angry spider by poking it with a stick!

[Flaka]

KILL IT WITH FIRE

[kellyhound]

Local witch doctors, they say, used razor blades to drain the wounds which triggered infection

idiots

[Tam2n1]

Huntsman spiders are not poisonous...and they look nothing like that :)

[AnneLea]

Of course huntsman spiders aren't poisonous. No spider is poisonous.

They are venomous. different delivery method.

[Steve]

Originally Posted by Tam2n1 ↗

Huntsman spiders are not poisonous...and they look nothing like that :)

Toxicity and aggression

Like practically all spiders apart from the Uloboridae, Sparassidae use venom to immobilise prey and to assist in digestion. They have been known to inflict defensive bites, but are not widely regarded as dangerous to healthy humans.[6] Huntsman spiders are widely considered beneficial because they feed on insect pests such as cockroaches.
There have been reports of members of various genera such as Palystes,[7] Neosparassus (formerly called Olios) and several others, inflicting bites. The effects vary, including local swelling and pain, sometimes with nausea, headache, vomiting, irregular pulse rate, and heart palpitations, indicating some systemic neurological effects, especially when the bites were severe or repeated. However, the formal study of spider bites is fraught with complications, including unpredictable infections, dry bites, shock, and nocebo effects. An investigation into spider bites in Australia, in which Sparassidae figured prominently, did not note any severe or unusual symptoms resulting from confirmed bites from some of the most notorious genera, particularly Neosparassus.

[BrandyAlexander]

I'd be biting people too if someone caught me in a container and prodded me with a stick!

[mcpronoun]

Originally Posted by weeb ↗

Wasn't there a movie about this sometime in the 1980's or something? Theres one scene where the spiders take over a barn and the dude sets it on fire... god, what is that film?

Man, that is fucked up, I can't believe they are considering spraying poison to kill them... humans always fear what they can't understand.

To answer your . It was "Kingdom of the Spiders" starring William Shatner... Movie was released in 1977.