that'll teach him a lesson...

was there any SWELLING? hahahahahahaha...probably a female spider!



Skinny-dipping tourist bitten on penis by spider

A Canadian tourist suffered heart inflammation after he was bitten on the penis by a venomous spider while swimming nude in New Zealand. The 22-year-old man fell asleep naked on the sand dunes after skinny dipping in Northland, Wellington - then “woke to find his penis swollen and painful with a red mark on the shaft suggestive of a bite”.

He was bitten by a katipo spider which caused generalized muscle pains, fever, headache, photophobia (light sensitivity) and vomiting. "It was a rather nasty, ill-placed bite," Dr Nigel Harrison said.

The man was taken to the Dargaville Hospital where his condition worsened. He developed high blood pressure and chest pains and was treated with antivenin medicine. His heart problems persisted so he was treated at Whangarei Hospital and Auckland Hospital before returning to Canada. “He was discharged after a total of 16 days in hospital. On review he was generally well."

He was the first known person to develop myocarditis - heart inflammation - following a katipo spider bite. The katipo is a small endangered species of spider native to New Zealand. The female has a black body with a white bordered red stripe on its back while the male is white with black stripes and red diamond shaped markings.

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