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No poisonous snakes - that one is really important to me.
Not sure about poisonous spiders on LI - I don't fear spiders that much.
Got bitten by a black widow about 5y ago. It was in a foreign country, I did not speak the language, just before boarding my plane back to the US.
It happened on a bus to the airport - the spider crawled in my shoe apparently. When I got up at the airport - felt excruciating sharp pain - like a piece of glass went in my foot. The spider went out of the shoe and ran away but I got a good look at it.
I assessed my options: I knew with some certainty that this was a black widow spider. First thing I did was to find Internet connection - compare images and read the stats and countermeasures.
Read what are the chances of me dying (<1%). Should I board the flight and take the risk of my condition worsening while in air...? Should I seek immediately medical help - no insurance in that country...
There were the bite marks (a little vampirish...) and I started feeling nauseous and shaky ... Neurological effects were to be expected. So, I decided to see if I will survive the next 1-2h (had about 2h total before the flight). Ultimately, took the flight back - sweating, nausea, some shaking but nothing really debilitating. It's survivable.
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