are grandaddy long leg spiders the most poisonous spiders in the world?

Answer 1

This is a myth. Look at the entomology website from the U of California Riverside.
http://spiders.ucr.edu/daddylonglegs.html

Answer 2

Grandaddy Spiders

Answer 3

This is a debatable question. Here are the currently argued "most poisonous spiders in the world"

1. South American Ctenid Spider
2. Sidney Funnelweb Tarantula
3. Sicarius

The long-leg spiders are not in the running!

Answer 4

To begin with, daddylonglegs are not spiders.
They are arachnids, as are real spiders, scorpions,
ticks and mites and various other animals. Second
they have no venom, so a bite from one would be
quite harmless unless it carried in some bacteria
which might cause an infection. Third many of
them, maybe all, produce defensive secretions
to protect them from predators. These secretions
are often bad-smelling and might be harmful if
swallowed, but not many people make a habit of
eating daddylonglegs, or spiders either.
The notion that daddylonglegs are poisonous is
apparently of recent origin. I don't know what started it, but it seems to have appeared only in
the last decade or two, though it might have been
around as a folk myth before that.

Answer 5

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RE:
are grandaddy long leg spiders the most poisonous spiders in the world?

Answer 6

No, actually the most poisonous spider in the world is the Amaxonyan Rectilae, found in the jungle of the border of Colombia, Peru and Brazil. Like The Brown Recluse Spider, which is another one of the most poisonous spiders, the venom danger is primarily in tissue damage. Its poison kills the cells and tissue at the bite plus cut down all the nervous system. One bite of this kind of spider is capable of killing an adult elephant in just 15 seconds. So don't mess with this spider

Answer 7

No - The myth is that they're unable to bite, having fangs that are too small.

In reality, they ARE generally able to bite, but the toxins introduced into the body by their bite don't cause much of a problem at all for humans or other animals.

I actually saw a well developed research piece and subsequent experiment on the Discovery Channel show 'Mythbusters' - in this particular episode, one of the shows hosts placed his arm in a container filled with 'daddy-long-legs' spiders, (after consulting with a spider expert, of course) and was bitten several times, suffering no ill effects.

Answer 8

No they are not the most poisonous spider in the world. It is also not true that you cannot get bitten by one. I have been bitten. It burned a tiny bit and itched a bit but that's all.

Myth Busters did a great very creepy crawly episode on this one. Check out the link in my sources.

Answer 9

I've heard the same thing somewhere. And the fact that they don't go round killing everyone that plays with one (or pulls their legs off), is because their mouths are too small to penetrate the human skin. Has anyone else heard of that to?

Answer 10

Everyone who said yes: you've fallen prey to the myth.

Everyone who said no: congratulations to Mythbusters.

Semantically speaking: they are VENOMOUS, not poisonous. Bottom line: they have venom, but the toxins in their type of venom do not bother people. And they're perfectly capable of biting you.