I feel silly asking this question but i've never handled a venomous dead spider and any other venomous creature. :)
2006-10-07 01:37:47 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Several years ago my husband and I went swimming and when we got in the pool there was a dead wasp floating on top of the water...
I asked my husband to get it out of the water, so he scooped it up in his hands and was about to throw it out of the pool when his hand got stung by the stinger on the wasp's tail...
It hurt him pretty bad, and his hand got swollen and he had to remove his wedding ring...
It only lasted a few days, but the point was that even though the wasp was dead, it's stinger still worked...
So I have always been careful with so called dead animals ever since...
You be careful too...
2006-10-07 02:09:48 · answer #1 · answered by aspenkdp2003 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Depends where the venom is! Snakes and most spiders channel venom through their teeth, so they need to be alive to bite you! Other creatures store venom elsewhere, so a wasp sting can still penetrate skin if you do something like standing on it. Also, some spiders have hairs or barbs that can still get into skin and irritate it. Be on the safe side and use gloves/a scoop!
2006-10-07 01:43:22 · answer #2 · answered by Pollyanabanana 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Some yes. Venom is contained in sacks on different parts of an animals body. If the delivery system is inserted in you skin and the venom sacks are pressurized then the venom will enter you system. Snakes and bees are especially easy to cause a reaction after death.
2006-10-07 01:54:08 · answer #3 · answered by bildymooner 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
most snakes can still bite after you think they're dead, rattlers have a few minutes after death( or at least the ones I saw) where the head can still move/strike and the jaw close, also the fangs still have fluid in them. Scorpions have a nerve in the tail that still moves after death also, spiders, not sure, but most stinging insects, you step on it the wrong way, yeah, think you still can get stung. general rule of thumb, if it's venomous, let someone else who is trained, or has done it before be the person to pick it up!
2006-10-08 01:43:41 · answer #4 · answered by Bunny 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I know snakes venom is active after death. If you prick your hand or any body part really, against a venomous snake's fang, you will have venom transfer into your body. Snakes can be just as deadly after death as they can be before.
In many countries like India where venomous snakes are prevalant, they chop the heads off of dead snakes and get rid of them before they do anything like skin it for the skin and meat.
2006-10-07 05:09:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes very much so, it obviously cant inject it into you but if you brush up against a blue bottle or squeeze a spider fang with venom in it and it breaks the skin it will be as if you got the same dose as if the spider was alive.
2006-10-07 01:43:18 · answer #6 · answered by brinlarrr 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wasps can still sting when dead bit things like snakes and spiders can't as they need to produes it then a bite is given to affect the nervous system this is what kills there prey.
2006-10-10 02:53:44 · answer #7 · answered by spider crazy 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I stepped on a dead catepillar once, and got stung. So, I would be afraid of a dead spider, but it probably couldn't hurt you. Because if it is dead it can't bite you stick its stinger in you.
2006-10-07 01:41:39 · answer #8 · answered by KaeMae 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes the venom is still there, be care full!
2006-10-07 01:46:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A wasp definitely can but I'm not sure about spiders
2006-10-07 01:52:43 · answer #10 · answered by paula p 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋