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multigraincracker

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6. Even if they are not deadly, any insect bit can

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Wed Aug 24, 2022, 06:21 AM

Aug 2022

cause sepsis. I was in the hospital for sepsis a year ago and they never did figure out what caused it. Can happen from an ingrown hair, a small prick from anything or even a UTI.

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Here's Why You Should Never Kill A Spider [View all] multigraincracker Aug 2022 OP

a big garfen spider weaves a nice web in my window every spring rampartc Aug 2022 #1

Back when I was 16 and 17, I had a summer job multigraincracker Aug 2022 #2

we do have black widows and brown recluses rampartc Aug 2022 #7

I must be really lucky then... 2naSalit Aug 2022 #3

No way a friend of mine got bit by a brown recluse. doc03 Aug 2022 #4

I worked with a woman at WIC who was bitten on her face by a brown recluse. vanlassie Jan 2023 #12

I am always happy to see spiders in my basement. apcalc Aug 2022 #5

Even if they are not deadly, any insect bit can multigraincracker Aug 2022 #6

Two spider stories PJMcK Aug 2022 #8

Spiders rule if..fish..had..wings Aug 2022 #9

Thanks for the numbers. Here are the greatest killers in the world. multigraincracker Aug 2022 #10

I leave them alone as long as there is no chance they will get on me. FoxNewsSucks Aug 2022 #11

I love spiders NJCher Feb 2023 #13

I tend to give them a chance to go back between the walls chowmama Mar 2023 #14