In 2017 in Vancouver, Canada, a woman ended up in the hospital after her husband smashed a black widow spider with a hammer, and a piece of its body shot straight into her left eye, delivering venom without a bite. Within minutes, her eye ballooned shut, and she developed nausea, full-body cramps, and spasms as the venom entered her bloodstream, forcing doctors to treat her for black widow envenomation.
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