The Spider That Dissolves You Alive — The Truth Is More Disturbing #Debunked #facts #SpiderFacts

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[00:00:00]You've heard the story. A spider bites you and it's venom slowly dissolves your body from the inside out. People call it the most horrifying way to die from an insect bite.

[00:00:12]But is it actually true?

[00:00:15]Meet the brown recluse spider. It's venom contains a rare enzyme called sphingomyelinase D found in almost no other creature on earth. And what it does to human tissue is unlike anything else in nature. The enzyme doesn't dissolve you alive. That part is a myth.

[00:00:31]What it actually does is destroy the walls of your blood cells cutting off blood supply to surrounding tissue. The tissue then begins to die and rot from the inside out while you are completely conscious. In severe cases the wound opens into a deep crater of dead flesh that can take months to heal sometimes requiring skin grafts. In rare cases it spreads deep to internal organs and becomes fatal.

[00:00:56]And there's no way back.

[00:00:58]It doesn't dissolve you alive. It just quietly kills your flesh one cell at a time while you wait and watch. Follow for more terrifying facts of nature and science. See you in the next video.