Georg A. is what people call “likegeil” on Facebook. And Georg doesn't shy away from copying other people's posts to get likes.
So one of Georg's contributions is currently attracting a lot of attention.

George writes there:
"IMPORTANT INFORMATION !!
To all Facebook usersThe animal pictured is a so-called nurse's thorn finger and it bit my ridge this morning. The little animal crawled over his blanket and immediately started pecking, I saw it by accident. I caught the animal to take a closer look. Although I kept tarantulas myself for a long time, this little animal didn't mean anything to me.
After about half an hour my dog started licking his paw like crazy and we went to the vet.
When we got to the vet, the paw was already very swollen. My dog was injected with an anti-allergic, antibiotic and painkiller and the vet explained to me what type of spider it was because, thank God, I had photographed the animal before I put it in the toilet.
The wet nurse Dornfinger actually comes from southern Europe and has been immigrating to Germany for several years.
The poison can also be very unpleasant for humans, it can sometimes even be life-threatening for animals. The vet said I was lucky that he hadn't bitten my little cat, it would certainly have had it worse. So if you discover such an animal in your apartment, I would advise you to either eliminate it or remove it from the apartment very quickly, as they can be really dangerous to your pets.”
Georg is also nice and always thanks him for sharing his post.

George and his fictional dog
We learn here that Georg has a dog named “Ridge”. And his dog was aggressively attacked by a spider. Brave George, who also happened to be likehorny, took a photo of the spider and took his dog to the vet. Georg learned that he had discovered a dangerous species of spider. Now Georg has to warn everyone. Brave George!
Unfortunately, none of this happened to Georg with the Armani suit. This happened to another lady over a year ago:

That's embarrassing, George! You can't blatantly copy a post that has already been widely distributed! Users could find out! Unless…

Smart George! Georg simply deletes all comments that accuse him of stealing. Sometimes he also blocks, like our colleague Anke. Because Georg wears Armani. And so Georg always has a clean slate.
Did George mean well?
Maybe Georg meant well. Georg finally warns about a poisonous spider. And in the summers of 2016 and 2017 there was actually a spider panic surrounding the so-called “nurse thorn-finger spider”, which is not that new but has been living in Germany since the 1950s. Last year there were also a lot of clickbait articles about the spider that we reported . And so many sites warned about this “new” species of spider in Germany, which, however, is only native to tall grass and only becomes aggressive when someone approaches its nest.
No. Because this spider...
...isn't even a thorn-finger spider. Numerous comments point out to both the original creator and George that the vet who only saw the photo above was mistaken, perhaps “infected” by the many, sometimes clickbait-like, warnings in the media at the time.

Are these users right?
Let's compare the spiders:

Even laypeople will notice that the thorn finger spider has much longer legs and a striking pattern on the abdomen, and the pincers are also much larger.
The woodlice hunter spider, which likes to stay in cellars (which is why it makes more sense when it appears in the house), has shorter legs, a lighter abdomen without markings and smaller but also powerful jaws for literally cracking woodlice. The specimen in the user photo is either a small or large isopod hunter. Since both species of spiders look very similar, they can usually only be distinguished by their size. Although their bite is painful for healthy people, the venom is harmless and usually only causes itching.
Conclusion
No, George didn't discover this spider in his apartment. And this spider is not as dangerous and aggressive as Georg or the original creator describe. In addition, the thorn-finger spider, which is being warned about, has been around in Germany since the 1950s, but some users don't really want to believe this and prefer to use the opportunity to agitate:

So don't believe everything that suit-wearing, like-hungry users post on Facebook. Because even if it looks like that: so many crazy things don't always happen to you. That's why they just have to steal the contributions.
But maybe that user is also right with his statement 😉

“Somehow something like this only ever happens to bloggers who want a few likes.
As if the spider knew which house to go to.”
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