Along Came a Spider 🕷

in #steemsilvergold5 years ago (edited)

Itsy bitsy spider.....

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The top one is named Tickles. She lives in my laundry room. The bottom two are.... “sleeping”.

Spiders... There are approximately 39,500 identified species of spiders in the world. They have eight legs and are all venemous to some degree. Most of these I DO NOT want in my house. Except one special Australian beauty.

Perth Mint spider allowed.

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The only acceptable indoor spider... except for Tickles.

I FINALLY found the one spider I would allow, yes even ENCOURAGE, to live in my house. The spider with this special distinction is the 2015, Perth Mint Australian Funnel Web. This coin is 1 Troy Oz of .999 pure silver, and was the second coin issued in the Australian Wildlife series. This series depicts the country’s deadly creatures. The saltwater crocodile was featured on the 2014 coin.
The coin’s obverse features an image of Queen Elizabeth II as designed by Ian Rank-Broadley. It has a face value of $1 AUD. 1,000,000 of these bullion coins were minted.

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Her Royal Highness, Queen Elizabeth II

But what is a funnel web spider?

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Funnel Web spiders are evil bastards who are always looking for a fight. They live in Sydney and the surrounding areas of south eastern Australia. They are highly venemous and super aggressive.
The spider is considered one of the most deadly in the world. Both for the strength of it’s venom and because it’s habitat is covers Australia’s most densely populated region. The spider’s neurotoxin is capable of killing an adult human in 15 minutes.
Luckily an antivenom was developed in 1981. Since this time no fatalities have resulted from Sydney funnel web bites. Victims are advised to place a tourniquet to prevent the venoms spread until the antivenom can be administered.
Large collections of spiders are kept in captivity at The Australian Reptile Park to create antivenom. It takes approximately 70 milkings to create one dose of anti-venom. Sydneysiders are encouraged to find and donate spiders to the park in order to maintain antivenom supplies.
Fun fact: Dogs, cats and birds are immune to the effects of funnel web venom. Their bodies are able to neutralize the toxin an about 30 minutes. Residents with large numbers of the spiders on their properties will often buy chickens to control the funnel web population.

I am happy I only live with friendly spiders like Tickles, my resident daddy long legs.


Sydney Funnel Web info: Australian Geographic - Feb. 2017

Keep on stacking and watch out for those creepy crawlies.... unless they are .999 fine.


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Good one! 😍

very cool stock!!

I, too, will not mind silver spider coins around the house... the more, the better! Great info about the coin and spiders. I learned something new again! Take care, sweet @dfinney!

Look at this crew boogie! 🕷 ❤️

very cool info and yikes that you live with them lol
love the coin. cool beans!!

I only live with the one. 😄 We have an agreement, as long as she stays in her corner we are good.

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What a mofo of a spider! Cool round too 🤩👍
🕸🕸🕷🕸🕸

Australia has all the deadliest stuff! Spiders, snakes, jellyfish, crocs, even the world’s deadliest mushroom! Wtf? I guess it’s the yin to the yang of all the cute stuff. 🐨 ☺️

It’s the vegemite — that shit gets in everything and makes for mutant wildlife!
😜🤣🧟‍♂️🕷🐬🐯🐍🦎🦂🦕🐊🦈

You got me with the title, lol nice looking coin!🤣

🕷 You like the creepy crawlies I see. 😄

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