BOYS PROVOKE SPIDER TO BITE THEM, SO THEY’D BECOME SPIDER-MAN

Three young Bolivian brothers were hospitalized after getting a black widow spider to bite them, thinking it would turn them into Spider-Man. The superhero-loving siblings – aged 12, 10 and 8 – found the spider while herding goats in Chayanta. Thinking it would give them superhero powers, they prodded it with a stick until it bit each of them in turn. Finding them crying, their mom rushed them to a hospital. The boys were suffering with fevers, tremors and muscle pains. After successful treatment, they were discharged last Wednesday, almost a week after they were bitten. Black widow venom is said to be 15 times stronger than a rattlesnake’s.
* I think it would be a nice gesture if Tom Holland called the boys up to talk to them, and tell them what idiots they are.
* Before it bit them, the spider was like, “Kids, trust me, it does not work like this!”
* To be fair, fevers, tremors and muscle pains would be how the transformation would START, anyway.
* Well heck, maybe they can wheedle a few grand out of Marvel, no?
* Perhaps now you can almost imagine how boring it is to herd goats in Bolivia.
* Next, the boys want to see if they can become Captain Murder Hornet.