Is it true that you can swallow spiders in your sleep without even knowing it? I was just wondering if this were true or if it were a myth. I was told that while sleeping you can potentially swallow spiders because they crawl into your mouth because they like dark places. I want to know if this is true or not. Thanks!!
2006-09-24 23:57:34 · 9 answers · asked by msmit106 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
I have read two science books where this has been stated. As far as I can remember one said 7 in your lifetime, while the other said 3 or 4 a year. I figured that they must get their statistics (they never stated) from doing filmed sleep experiments on test subjects (with a different aim to finding out how many spiders that they were going to swallow) and just noticed that some testees did actually do this, and extrapolated the figures to give the statistics. It would vary between countries, living conditions, temperature, etc.
Sorry that I can't give a definite yes or no, I only know what I read - they could be wrong (one is, or at least by degree).
2006-09-25 00:30:09 · answer #1 · answered by Silkie1 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When I was growing up, I lived in my parents basement and i would wake up at least once a week with a spider on my face and it would freak me out. I hate spiders now, I don't doubt that they could have been eaten, because you constantly subconsiously close your mouth and swallow in your sleep, so that kills the theory on the guy a few answers before mine. I am sure that it is possible, its not like it is dangerous though. Its just gross to think about.
2006-09-25 07:14:55 · answer #2 · answered by Me 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Highly unlikely - the inside of most people's mouths are sensitive to touch, even in their sleep.
Spiders and such like do like dark places, (not normally the mouth!) but they don't like draughty ones! The mouth, via breathing, would most certainly be like being in a force 9 gale to a poor little spider. (Besides, he'd probably feel very sea sick with all that to-ing and fro-ing as you breathe!)
Also - to swallow anything must involve the item (or creepy crawlie!) passing down the back of the throat - which obviously will interfere with breathing. The moment your breathing is interefered with or interrupted you are immediately woken. You therefore would probably wake before you swallowed!!! (I hope!)
2006-09-25 07:06:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I saw that same thing on a show like 20/20 or something like that . i freaked out too. They said you swallow spiders and other little bugs.
2006-09-25 06:59:47 · answer #4 · answered by notyours 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A friend sleeps with her mouth open. Once she woke up when a cockroach fell from the ceiling into her mouth! Managed to spit the nasty thing out luckily...
2006-09-25 07:02:43 · answer #5 · answered by nelabis 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
of course ppl swallow spiders...thats where the theme of the "spiderman" movie came from ......so if u wanna become one sleep with ur mouth wide open
2006-09-25 07:09:50 · answer #6 · answered by karan d 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have heard you can swallow all sorts of things in your sleep and that you wn't know it and it usually won't hurt you.
2006-09-25 09:32:06 · answer #7 · answered by susanelizabethspann 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all the time .
so many mornings i wake up full
and don;t know why ?
now I know.
thanks !
2006-09-25 07:00:32 · answer #8 · answered by rottentothecore 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ew....really? thats sick. Other ppl are saying its true...so i guess it is......NASTYY. I think i have sumthing in my throught...... :-P
2006-09-25 07:09:07 · answer #9 · answered by maddy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋