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When you flush a spider down the toilet does it die? have you ever seen one come back up the toilet?

if you put a spider in an up-turned glass does it die of suffucation? or starvation?
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Sometimes they may die, others may have time to create a ball, therefore trapping air between their leg hairs that can sustain them til they are washed onto a dry ledge, supposing they reach one, or manage to spin some web lines to secure themselves against the current, which they can then use to climb back up, (and sometimes back out through the plug). nb, scalding water will kill them, so if you really can't bear to touch them or get someone to help, use hot water) personally, I just pick them up, they can't really hurt us (UK domestic breeds).
The glass, starvation or lack of water/fluid. The glass is not likely to form a perfect seal with the surface therefore allowing enough o2 through for our little friend to breath.
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  • Inquisitive by Inquisit...
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    I dont really like killing spiders i prefer to chuck them in the garden using a glass. :)
    • 6 months ago
  • Evgeniy by Evgeniy
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    Yes, It comes back at the exact moment when you having a ****. Then it crawls up your ***/vagina and lives in there. Starts making children and you've got a family of spiders up your holes. Then when it comes to losing your virginity, your best man has intercourse with you but leaves with first penetration cause the spider bites him inside and he becomes Spider Man.

    No, they do die, they suffocate and drown.

    xD
    • 6 months ago
  • Chaz by Chaz
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    They cannot come back up the u bend in a toilet. They climb into baths and basins for moisture, then can't climb out because the sides are too slippery to climb.
    They don't like bleach, hot water or the end of a toothbrush.They can drape themselves over the plug hole, wait until all is quiet then scuttle back into the bath for another go at you. hence the use of toothbrush.
    i have got something made of clove oil that i spray where i think they might creep in. Also placing a conker in the corners of rooms seems to deter them.
    There is nothing you can buy to kill them as if spiders were killed something would happen to the world as they do an immense lot of good. Apart from eating flies and terrifying people i don't know what.
    • 6 months ago
  • Nessie from Loch Ness by Nessie from Loch Ness
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    Capture the spider in a tupper ware container and throw it out the window. Easy !
    • 6 months ago
  • jupiteress by jupitere...
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    I have never seen a spider being flushed down the loo so can't say.
    If you use the glass then place a piece of cardboard or flat plastic top beneath, but do it carefully then put him/her outside.. Just take off the cover and down it falls alive and well.
    You don't feel comfortable with spiders? This is what I did: called them Fred's then made a pact. To the Fred I said you don't come near me and I won't stand on you. Didn't see one for years after that. Now they dom't bother me at all. Yet they need their space but not in my space.
    • 6 months ago

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