The two-meter-high mine is enough for people to move freely.
Bi Fang held the torch and carefully avoided the huge spreading spider web, looking amazed.
The firelight stimulated the giant spider that had lived in the darkness for a long time. Its limbs were tied with white silk, and it hid towards the corner of the wall.
"I didn't expect to encounter the Komach spider here. It's really strange."
The audience was inevitably surprised when they heard this, and the scene where the strange fish was discovered in the underground river in the desert could not help but come to mind.
Both are caves, giving a strong sense of déjà vu.
Could it be that the Komach spider is also rare?
Bi Fang nodded: "This spider was accidentally discovered by researchers when examining museum specimens, and was subsequently registered."
"In order to find living bodies, the scientific survey team went to South Africa to carry out several scientific expeditions. However, nothing was found, so that people were worried that the Komachi spider was extinct."
"It wasn't until later that an investigator in South Africa accidentally discovered a male and two female Komach spiders in a park, confirming that the Komach spider still survived."
There are specimens first, then records. Similar situations are not uncommon.
Before biological science developed systematically, adventurers had already left their footprints all over the world.
When people encounter rare and strange creatures by chance, they will capture them and make them into specimens, treating them as the glory and talk of their adventures.
As for what species this creature is and what its function is, no one cares.
Those who heard the story saw it only as a badge of courage.
Huge beetles, insect-eating plants, and blood-red corals are all rare treasures.
Likewise, the spider that can weave a web that is rarely seen in the world should certainly not be let go.
After the adventurers died of old age or died unexpectedly, many specimens may have been lost, may have been collected by future generations, or may have been donated or sold to museums.
One day a hundred years from now, after being sorted out by a serious recordkeeper, the specimens buried in the corners of the collection collecting dust may be able to reappear in the world.
In just a few hundred years, the original species of some specimens may have become extinct and no living specimens can be found again.
"I don't know how many Komachi spiders are left in the wild, but what is certain is that there will not be many."
Bi Fang said in a brisk tone, "So it's quite lucky to be able to see it here. We are very lucky."
In a normal abandoned diamond pit, the probability of picking it up is very small.
There are really small, high-purity broken diamonds. Even if the mine owners disdain them, the miners who finally evacuate will not let them go.
Unless this is not a normal abandoned mine, or you are lucky enough to dig out a rock wall and expose diamonds that have not been discovered for a long time and have considerable clarity.
Therefore, Bi Fang came in not with the idea of getting something valuable, but more to satisfy his own and the audience's curiosity.
Being able to see the rare Komach spider now is a complete surprise, and it is already a well-earned experience.
"Let's go, let's move on."
Bi Fang avoided the spider web and headed deeper into the mine.
The darkness became deeper and deeper, and the mine not only did not become smaller, but became more and more empty.
This made the audience feel even more depressed, and Bi Fang became more cautious in his movements.
"Everyone who usually explores in the wild or encounters an accident, and encounters a large number of spiders in a cave, must be careful. This is not because the spiders are poisonous, but because there are a large number of spiders living in the cave, which provides the possibility of higher-level creatures in the food chain.
the possibility of such a situation.”
What is the possibility of higher organisms?
Many viewers expressed confusion.
"It's very simple. First, there are a lot of spiders in the cave, which proves that it has been abandoned for a long time and animals have already occupied the mine."
"The second thing is that spiders will also become a member of the food chain. They are not at the top. Many venomous snakes like to eat arthropods. Cave is their favorite environment. It is even more so when there is food. They are larger and more toxic.
Strong snakes are deadly."
"As for the spider, it's nothing."
Bi Fang held the torch and moved forward at a slow speed, carefully and cautiously.
At the same time, some knowledge exchanges were conducted with the audience.
"Contrary to what you might think, spiders pose very little threat to humans."
"On the one hand, the vast majority of spiders are very vigilant and will avoid contact with humans. If forced to do so, they will warn before attacking."
"For example, the Australian funnel-web spider will lift its front two or four legs first as a warning. If you see such an action, you should stay away."
"So far, scientists have not found any cases of spiders actively attacking humans, including common spider species in our lives, such as jumping spiders, house ghost spiders, giant woodland spiders, etc."
"On the other hand, most spiders are not poisonous. Even if they are, they are so small that even if you are bitten by a highly poisonous spider, you can basically heal yourself."
"Currently we have only found that the venom of seven species of spiders can cause harm to humans. Among them, the venom of the Australian funnel-web spider can directly cause death to humans. However, as long as antivenom is injected within 15 minutes, you can be out of danger."
"The venom of the remaining six species of spiders is currently considered not to directly cause death to humans."
"For example, the famous venomous spider black widow is one of the remaining six species. Its toxicity is 15 times more toxic than a rattlesnake, but because it is so small, it is almost not fatal."
"About 2,200 people are bitten by black widows in the U.S. every year, but there has been no authoritative death report so far. Its venom can cause muscle pain, abdominal cramps and rapid heartbeat in humans at most. The injured can recover without medical treatment unless
You happen to have cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases."
"Also, spiders rarely inject all their venom at once."
The spider can accurately control the amount of poison it releases. Whether it is attacking or counterattacking, it will not use up all the venom at once.
Venom is a spider's weapon to capture food, and it must be used wisely.
The larger crickets are given more poison, the smaller fruit flies are given less poison, and each meal has a planned amount of poison.
If the venom is used up in one go, it will take several weeks to replenish the venom.
This means that a spider without a venom weapon could starve for weeks.
Even if you pinch the spider's belly, it will not release all its venom at once to attack you.
"You are not food for the spider. It is reluctant to waste its precious and limited venom on you."
"The dosage is small, the injection is small, and it is destined to have only one result."
"Venom is not a virus. It cannot reproduce on its own and the amount will not increase. Injecting venom into the human body is like dropping cyanide into the sea. You can't poison anyone."
"Of course, dripping into the sea is too exaggerated, but the meaning is similar."
"Even in Australia in the last century, there were only 13 reported fatalities from spiders."
【Sent, was rejected】
【Bite you hard】
[Holy shit, is that really what happened? I was shocked]
[The fear of spiders suddenly became much smaller]
Along the way, Bifang didn't find anything special. He just saw some symbols on the walls, which may have been used by miners to communicate or graffiti.
After about thirty or forty meters, the corridor suddenly widened. The height did not change much, but the width suddenly reached nearly ten meters.
At the same time, three holes in different directions appeared in front of him.
When a funnel-web spider is angered, it will grab its victim tightly and pierce its fangs into human flesh multiple times to release venom. Its venom contains a toxin called atracotoxin, which is a neurotoxin that is harmful to humans and spirits.
Extremely harmful to primates. However, this toxin does not affect the nervous systems of other mammals.