2006-09-22 08:21:38 · 37 answers · asked by Andrew S 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
actually they are, if they bit you the venom form a daddy long legs would kill an adult, however their jaws are so small and weak that they can't puncture human skin.
2006-09-22 08:24:42 · answer #1 · answered by Spaceman 6 · 4⤊ 3⤋
Daddy-longlegs (Opiliones) - these arachnids make their living by eating decomposing vegetative and animal matter although are opportunist predators if they can get away with it. They do not have venom glands, fangs or any other mechanism for chemically subduing their food. Therefore, they do not have poison and, by the powers of logic, cannot be poisonous from venom. Some have defensive secretions that might be poisonous to small animals if ingested. So, for these daddy-long-legs, the tale is clearly false.
Daddy-longlegs spiders (Pholcidae) - Here, the myth is incorrect at least in making claims that have no basis in known facts. There is no reference to any pholcid spider biting a human and causing any detrimental reaction. If these spiders were indeed deadly poisonous but couldn't bite humans, then the only way we would know that they are poisonous is by milking them and injecting the venom into humans. For a variety of reasons including Amnesty International and a humanitarian code of ethics, this research has never been done. Furthermore, there are no toxicological studies testing the lethality of pholcid venom on any mammalian system (this is usually done with mice). Therefore, no information is available on the likely toxic effects of their venom in humans, so the part of the myth about their being especially poisonous is just that: a myth. There is no scientific basis for the supposition that they are deadly poisonous and there is no reason to assume that it is true.
2006-09-22 08:25:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Yes, they are one of the most poisonous spiders known to man. However their mouths are so small and weak that they cannot bite a human. The people who say they are not poisonous are mis-informed. One of mother natures practical jokes - deadliest poison in a body that can't use it LOL
2006-09-22 08:30:27 · answer #3 · answered by Star G 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, the daddy long leg's venom is the most poisonous among our eight legged friends.
2006-09-22 10:44:43 · answer #4 · answered by jared g 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
First of all, they aren't spiders, they are arachnids, but from a different family. Secondly, they are totally harmless unless you are a mosquito or other small bug.
I believe the brown recluse is the most poisonous spider.
2006-09-22 08:33:17 · answer #5 · answered by Scott K 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Daddy long legs is non poisonous.
2006-09-22 08:24:54 · answer #6 · answered by kman1830 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No but they are poisonous to other spiders. Their fangs and mouths are to small for humans but not for spiders. I watched on sting and kill a brown wolf spider. Pretty scary.
2006-09-22 08:31:18 · answer #7 · answered by rltouhe 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no information is available on the likely toxic effects of their venom in humans, so the part of the myth about their being especially poisonous is just that: a myth. There is no scientific basis for the supposition that they are deadly poisonous and there is no reason to assume that it is true.
2006-09-22 08:36:38 · answer #8 · answered by vida b 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Daddy long legs are man-killers, designed genetically with only one thing on their mind- to run as far from your huge feet as soon their whispy legs can carry them. Do they look particualrly venoumous to you? Of course their 3mm fangs are formidable, but of all spiders I find thse guys to be the least offensive.
2006-09-22 08:30:53 · answer #9 · answered by RHJ Cortez 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no, Daddy Long Legs are not poisonous.
2006-09-22 08:26:48 · answer #10 · answered by tafateacher 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Daddy long-legs are not poisonous.
2006-09-22 08:30:11 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋