{"id":1821,"date":"2019-04-06T19:33:49","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=1821"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"Hoax---'Dangerous-'New-Known-Spider'-Spreading-In-Australia'","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=1821","title":{"rendered":"Hoax &#8211; &#8216;Dangerous &#8216;New Known Spider&#8217; Spreading In Australia&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Update<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In August 2018, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/spider-from-hell-hoax-message-spreading-rapidly\/\">another hoax warning<\/a> about a new and supposedly deadly &#8220;spider from hell&#8221; began circulating via Facebook. The &#8220;spider from hell&#8221; message is not related to the older hoax I discuss below. You can read about the new hoax in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/spider-from-hell-hoax-message-spreading-rapidly\/\">separate report here.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Outline<\/h2>\n<p>Circulating message warns you to watch out for a very dangerous &#8216;new known spider&#8217; that is spreading across Australia. The message includes a picture of the spider along with a series of images supposedly depicting a wound caused by a bite from one of the spiders. \u00a0 <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HS Net Top Content Responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"4870821038\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Brief Analysis<\/h2>\n<p>At least for Australia, the claims in the warning are untrue. The spider shown in the message is a Brown Recluse. Brown Recluse spiders are not spreading across Australia as claimed. The spider and wound images in the message are derived from a much earlier spider-warning message set in the United States. Sending on this bogus warning will help nobody.<\/p>\n<h2>Example<\/h2>\n<div class=\"example\">This is a new known spider, so please take note<br \/>\nHas been found all over Eastern Aust and heading to WA.Looks similar to a huntsman.<br \/>\nThis spider is in all states so watchout.Not a good look!!<br \/>\nPlease take note of this spider &#8211; it is very dangerous.<br \/>\nPlease warn kids and send to every one you know to alert them as well!<br \/>\nThis spider is breeding at a rate of speed and is found in more and more houses!!!!<br \/>\nPlease ensure all the family takes a good look at this spider&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<br \/>\nmaybe some should not look at the photos of the person who got bitten on the thumb and the end result&#8230;&#8230;.<br \/>\nbut take note of what the spider looks like. If it looks like a huntsman and you are not sure&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<br \/>\nunfortunately, but for your safety&#8217;s sake&#8230;&#8230;..KILL IT!!!!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/brown-recluse7.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21304\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/hoax-dangerous-new-known-spider-spreading-in-australia\/brown-recluse7\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/brown-recluse7.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"414,345\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"brown-recluse7\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/brown-recluse7-300x250.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/brown-recluse7.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21304\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/brown-recluse7.jpg\" alt=\"Brown Recluse Spider\" width=\"414\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/brown-recluse7.jpg 414w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/brown-recluse7-300x250.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 414px) 100vw, 414px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Note that the message includes a series of gory images showing a wound to a person&#8217;s hand that was supposedly caused by a bite from the spider.<\/em><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Detailed Analysis<\/h2>\n<p>According to this would-be warning, a very dangerous &#8216;new known spider&#8217; is rapidly spreading across Australia and Australian residents should take careful note of its appearance, and kill it should they encounter one. The message includes a picture of the spider along with a series of images depicting a wound on a person&#8217;s hand that was supposedly caused by a bite from one of the spiders.<\/p>\n<p>The warning has busily scurried across Australian in-boxes and social network pages since 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, however, the Australian version of the warning is an outright hoax.<\/p>\n<p>The pictured spider &#8211; a Brown Recluse &#8211; is real and venom from the spider can cause necrosis around the area of the bite.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Brown Recluse is not spreading across Australia as claimed in the warning. And, the images in the message come from an earlier US based warning and do not show a bite from any Australian spider.<\/p>\n<p>An \u00a0<a title=\"Spider hoax clogs inboxes Australia-wide\" href=\"http:\/\/www.qm.qld.gov.au\/Find+out+about\/Ask+an+Expert\/Question+of+the+month\/Question+Archive\/Questions\/2010\/July+2010#.U73rVo2Swcw\">article on the Queensland Museum website<\/a> \u00a0dismisses the message as a hoax noting that, while the Brown Recluse spider has been in a &#8216;very restricted suburban area in a southern Australian State&#8217; for more than twenty years, it has not extended its range and there have been no recorded bites attributed to the species in Australia. A second<a title=\"Brown Recluse Spider email hoax\" href=\"http:\/\/australianmuseum.net.au\/brown-recluse-spider-email-hoax\"> \u00a0article on the Australian Museum website \u00a0<\/a>also dismisses the warning as a hoax. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"9162856233\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p> Despite suggestions from some commentators, the wounds in the images were not caused by \u00a0<a title=\"White-tailed Spider\" href=\"http:\/\/australianmuseum.net.au\/White-tailed-Spider\">Australia&#8217;s White-tailed spider \u00a0<\/a>either.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the message is just a modified version of a much earlier UUS-basedwarning message that includes the same spider picture and the same set of wound images.<\/p>\n<p>And, even the original US warning remains unsubstantiated. As noted, Brown Recluse venom can cause necrosis, so it is possible that the images do show the results of a Brown Recluse bite.<\/p>\n<p>However, necrotic wounds can result from a variety of agents and the actual cause of the wound depicted in the images has never been confirmed. US spider expert \u00a0<a title=\"Rick Vetter Analysis\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20090103032559\/http:\/spiders.ucr.edu\/hyperbole2003.html\">Rick Vetter notes<\/a> \u00a0that if the images do depict the results of a Brown recluse bite, the case would be &#8216;truly one of the rare, horrific ones&#8217; and certainly not the normal outcome of such a bite.<\/p>\n<p>The original US version tends to overstate the risk posed by Brown recluse spiders. And, certainly, the US warning has no relevance to Australia whatsoever.<\/p>\n<p>It is high time that this hoax was laid to rest. \u00a0 I first wrote about the hoax back in 2008. But, several years on, it continues to circulate and has now spawned a social media version.<\/p>\n<p>Sharing the false information in the message will help nobody.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Third Content Ad Responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"1909104632\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HS Net Bottom AdLinks --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\" data-ad-slot=\"1358951439\" data-ad-format=\"link\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p><\/br><\/br> Original Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/hoax-dangerous-new-known-spider-spreading-in-australia\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/hoax-dangerous-new-known-spider-spreading-in-australia\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update In August 2018, another hoax warning about a new and supposedly deadly &#8220;spider from hell&#8221; began circulating via Facebook. The &#8220;spider from hell&#8221; message is not related to the older hoax I discuss below. You can read about the new hoax in a separate report here. Outline Circulating message warns you to watch out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6890,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hoax-inggris"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1821"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}