Nick Kyrgios Bitten by Spider: Spends Christmas in the Hospital

rh310

Hall of Fame
The Brown Recluse has a nasty bite, and it's quite common. They are often found in clothing drawers and places like that, but they can rarely bite because their fangs usually don't break the skin. I guess this confirms Kyrgios needs to grow a thicker skin.

The funnel web spider is the one to watch out for in Australia. Super-aggressive and its venom can kill you ~ 4 hrs after the bite unless treated.

 

Sport

G.O.A.T.
The funnel web spider is the one to watch out for in Australia. Super-aggressive and its venom can kill you ~ 4 hrs after the bite unless treated.

The funnel web spider's venom not always causes severe symptomps, only in ~10% of the bites it has severe complications. The black widow is the most dangerous by far. Its venom can be fatal.


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Tennease

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Nick Kyrgios was hospitalised with a spider bite over Christmas Nick Kyrgios wasn’t thrilled by his predicament. Nick Kyrgios is set to fly into Queensland to prepare for his Brisbane International title defence after spending Christmas in hospital nursing a spider bite. Organisers said Kyrgios, 23, was on track to arrive in Brisbane on Friday after the tennis star revealed on social media he had a far from festive time during the holidays. World No.35 Kyrgios had to be treated in a Canberra hospital over Christmas after being bitten on the foot. “Got a spider bite on my foot. Christmas different every year,” Kyrgios posted on Instagram. The former world No.13 also added a picture of him with an intravenous drip with the caption: “This spider bite outta control.”

Organisers were confident the hospital visit would not derail Kyrgios’ preparations, saying his Brisbane International plans were still in place. Kyrgios is the eighth seed at the Brisbane International which starts on Sunday. He is hoping to bounce back in 2019 after his ranking slipped from world No.21 to 35. Kyrgios began the year in style by claiming the Brisbane crown in January — his fourth career title — when he defeated American Ryan Harrison in the final. However, it was his only tournament triumph in 2018. He entered 16 events but after his Brisbane win only advanced past the round of 16 four times — none at a grand slam. His frustrating season ended abruptly in October due to a recurring elbow injury, forcing his withdrawal from Moscow’s Kremlin Cup.
 
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BeatlesFan

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I don't believe Kyrgios believes he can win Slams.

I'm sure David Ferrer didn't really believe he could win slams, but look how hard he worked all those years with 1/10th of Nick's talent.

I've rooted for Nick for years and always made excuses for his behavior, but no more. What a complete tool to blow off ticket holders in Brisbane and just expose himself to be a complete a-hole! When you think back on the great Aussies of the past (Laver, Hoad, Newcombe, Rosewall, Rafter, Hewitt.... even Cash) they all worked their butts off and competed like demons. The new generation of Tomic and Nick are embarrassments to the pantheon of amazing Aussie past players. Hewitt is surely in way better shape now at 37 than Nick is at 23.
 

Red Rick

Bionic Poster
I'm sure David Ferrer didn't really believe he could win slams, but look how hard he worked all those years with 1/10th of Nick's talent.

I've rooted for Nick for years and always made excuses for his behavior, but no more. What a complete tool to blow off ticket holders in Brisbane and just expose himself to be a complete a-hole! When you think back on the great Aussies of the past (Laver, Hoad, Newcombe, Rosewall, Rafter, Hewitt.... even Cash) they all worked their butts off and competed like demons. The new generation of Tomic and Nick are embarrassments to the pantheon of amazing Aussie past players. Hewitt is surely in way better shape now at 37 than Nick is at 23.
That's very true. It's no excuse for Kyrgios by any stretch of the imagination. I think he doesn't believe in himself and with all the hype he doesn't know what to do with himself. In any case, acting like he does it seems like he's found a terrible answer to that question.
 
I was actually thinking that Nick was feeding the press this crap just for a laugh and to maybe take some pressure off himself and potential presuure of not being able to defend his title/points. I lost but it's ok because I wasn't training and I don't really care mentality is like his prtotection blanket.
 

Big_Dangerous

Talk Tennis Guru
The funnel web spider's venom not always causes severe symptomps, only in ~10% of the bites it has severe complications. The black widow is the most dangerous by far. Its venom can be fatal.


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Brown Recluse can also be devastating as well. The venom from a brown recluse can cause severe necrosis in the skin.

I believe in Australia though, they only have the Redback Spider which is a cousin of the Black Widow.
 

Big_Dangerous

Talk Tennis Guru
kangaroos are cool. didn't know they ate them as well.. yikes.

Yeah, I have a cousin who lives in Perth with her husband and daughter and she said they've had kangaroo before, but she didn't like it that much. They also eat Emus as well, which I wonder what they are like. The Emu never really caught on in the States, but they are insanely popular down under.
 

Sport

G.O.A.T.
Brown Recluse can also be devastating as well. The venom from a brown recluse can cause severe necrosis in the skin.

I believe in Australia though, they only have the Redback Spider which is a cousin of the Black Widow.
You are absolutely right that there are differences between the Australian black widow and the North American black widow. However, black widows are found not only in North America, but also in Southern Europe (Mediterranean black widow), China (Latrodectus elegans) and South America.

Scientific publications classify the redback spider as a modality of black widow. And "Australian black widow" can be used as a synonym for redback spider.

I found these academic papers which employ the terms "redback spider" and "Australian black widow" as synonyms.

"redback Australian black widow spider"

Pires, O. R., Fontes, W., & Castro, M. S. (2016). Recent Insights in Latrodectus (“Black Widow” Spider) Envenomation: Toxins and Their Mechanisms of Action. Spider Venoms, 333–344. doi:10.1007/978-94-007-6389-0_23

"Black widows are cosmopolitan and found throughout much of the world: China, Central Asia (L. mactans tredecimguttatus and L. lugubris, or karakurt), southern Europe (L. mactans tredecimguttatus), North and South America (L. mactans, L. geometricus, L. hesperus), India and Australia (L. hasselti, or red-back spider)"

Ushkaryov, Y. A., Volynski, K. E., & Ashton, A. C. (2004). The multiple actions of black widow spider toxins and their selective use in neurosecretion studies. Toxicon, 43(5), 527–542. doi:10.1016/j.toxicon.2004.02.008

"The redback spider or Australian black widow"

Nentwig, W., Mebs, D., & Vilà, M. (2017). Impact of Non-native Animals and Plants on Human Health. Impact of Biological Invasions on Ecosystem Services, 277–293. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-45121-3_18
 

TennisBro

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Australia's full of all sorts of crazy species and tennis players. You've got to worry about them all. In this case, I feel sorry for both, the spider and the human (Nick) who's, in my view, a pretty good athlete. So tough spiders bite at Christmas and before the AO too.
 

sredna42

Hall of Fame
The funnel web spider's venom not always causes severe symptomps, only in ~10% of the bites it has severe complications. The black widow is the most dangerous by far. Its venom can be fatal.
we call it a redback, not a black widow, and the funnel web is more deadly easily LOL those things are evil.
it's white tails that make my skin crawl. you get a flesh rotting virus after they bite you, my mate had chunks of his foot cut off from it.

I spent 2 weeks in hospital from a spider bite when I was 10, everything in this country wants to kill you
 
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