Apparantly have the most venimous poisen known to man but have now way of administering it. Is this urban myth or truth....go ahead fellow answerers - amaze me with your knowledge - or just take 2 points anyway....
2006-08-16 05:33:14 · 31 answers · asked by kissmeukgirls 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
There are 3 types of bug commonly known as Daddy Long Legs.
The first is the crane fly, this is the one you find flying around your living room. It is a fly and has no venom whatsoever.
The second are called harvestmen, they again are insects and have no fangs or poison glands.
The third and final one is the Daddy Long Legs Spider. This one has skin piercing fangs and is venomous but it's venom causes less irritation than a mosquito bite.
In conclusion, it's all a myth!
2006-08-16 06:26:44 · answer #1 · answered by Lewiy 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In 2004 the Discovery Channel show MythBusters set out to test the daddy long-legs myth (season 1, episode 13 "Buried in Concrete"). After measuring the spider's fangs at approximately 0.25 mm (average human skin thickness is about 0.10 mm) the show's host was apparently bitten, although the bite produced little more than a mild short-lived burning sensation. This appears to confirm the suspicion that pholcids can penetrate human skin, but that their venom is practically harmless to humans. Additionally, recent research has shown that pholcid venom is actually relatively weak in its effects on insects as well.
2006-08-16 05:49:33 · answer #2 · answered by cytopia1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
On a television show broadcast on the discovery channel in the US, called "Mythbusters," they investigate urban legends. They gave some mice daddy long leg poison and some mice black widow poison (in the same amounts) and only the black widow mice died. This disproved that daddy long legs poison is the most powerful if it didn't even kill the mice. Then they measured the fangs on a daddy long legs and it's barely long enough to penetrate human skin. A man put his arm in a tube full of the spiders and it took him a long time to even get bitten, but when he did, all it did was sting a bit for a few seconds.
2006-08-16 05:42:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i've got person-friendly Daddy long Legs (and stupidly feared them) all my existence, yet i've got in no way heard of a crane fly. Daddy long Legs are basically a splash ball bodied spider with very long (a million a million/2 or greater useful) inch legs. i've got heard a tale that they'd be poisionous to people yet they have such tiny mouths that they'd't bite us. They consume aphids and different tiny teeny bugs.
2016-11-04 22:48:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a myth. These are shorter-fanged spiders, but the fangs are able to penetrate human skin. However, the venom is practically harmless.
There was actually a MythBusters episode that tested this theory - the host actually was bitten but only experienced a slight burning sensation.
2006-08-16 05:45:13 · answer #5 · answered by oracleguru 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have also heard that they have a killer poison! Although I did hear that on Peter Kays DVD so it may just be a bit of comedy genius.
Polar bears also have 4 left feet i heard, but that would mean they would walk round in a circle wouldn't it?
Dolphins are the only other living thing, other than humans, to have sex for pleasure!
2006-08-16 07:50:20 · answer #6 · answered by arly barly 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The TV show Mythbusters put it to the test. The venom of a "Daddy Long Legs" is NOT toxic to humans.
2006-08-16 08:33:21 · answer #7 · answered by quntmphys238 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wasnt aware of that! Eek is that true??? I hate them anyway that's why I keep my daddylong legs spiders up in the corners so they catch'em. I do know that their grubs/larvae devastate crops and lawns, they live underground and munch it all, leatherjackets they're called.
Chris you sure you're not talking about the harvestman? That's a different beastie even though it's called daddylong legs. The one I know to be a daddylonglegs is the crane fly.
2006-08-16 05:46:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
We do have Daddy Longlegs in the UK, I came across one yesterday the first I've seen in years. I'm not aware of them being poisonous though.
2006-08-16 05:40:43 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
at a snail's pace is correct. I saw the same show. Daddy long legs venom is about as powerful as bee venom.
2006-08-16 05:52:10 · answer #10 · answered by Kevin H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋