Looks painful!!!! I hope this never happens to me.
Wonder what can be done to aleviate the pain/redness/swelling? How did you get the spines out of your finger?
It wasnt too bad. Felt like a TON of tiny splinter when I touched it but as far as pain, there was none. I pulled them all out with tape. About an hour after that my finger swelled a little and turned a little red but nothing too crazy.
At about 10pm it was back to normal.
Originally Posted by muttley000
How big was that thing?
I have a few in there, some are very fat and short while other that live in the big rock are long and skinny. The one I touched is one of two that I see in my rubble pile that are about 6-8" long and pretty thick.
Originally Posted by larryandlaura
That sucks Adam! You should of wore a rubber.............glove that is!
I've never had it happen either, looks like the bristles that "nettles" leave in your skin, I have had those. I know of one guy with pretty calloused fingers that just grabs 'em up and chucks them in the garbage, personally I don't recommend the practice.
We should set up a bristle worm grabbing contest at a frag meet, the winner could get some frags or some hard goods. I bet you would get a crazy turnout to watch the show. You could have a smoking hot chic and heart throb muscle bound guy dressed like nurses to administer first aid to the contestants. It would be sweet, next year we do mantis shrimp!!
We should set up a bristle worm grabbing contest at a frag meet, the winner could get some frags or some hard goods. I bet you would get a crazy turnout to watch the show. You could have a smoking hot chic and heart throb muscle bound guy dressed like nurses to administer first aid to the contestants. It would be sweet, next year we do mantis shrimp!!