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Ok, let's try this out:
I can't provide you a source that you'd probably accept on the spot, since plenty of these, including scientific ones use terms "venomous" and "poisonous" interchangeably. I can direct you to the entry in Wikipedia, that lists mere 15 edible species of spiders, instead of saying "pretty much each and everyone is edible":
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arachnids_as_food#Spiders
Now, I assume you're thinking "I can swallow a spider and it won't kill me, therefore they can't be considered poisonous". This isn't true. You CAN eat plenty of spiders and you will absolutely survive it. You may even not suffer much problems because of that, like stomach irritation, or diarrhea, but that's because the poison they contain isn't powerful enough to seriously harm you.
But do not take it as a green light to eat spiders. They are poisonous. They aren't meant to be eaten. Especially since nobody in his sane mind entertains an idea of eating large quantities of them, much like a certain comic-book villain did.
Side note: an "interesting" thing may happen if you eat a venomous spider, while suffering from an open wound in your digestive system. I think there was an episode of "100 ways to die" dedicate to this idea. Or was it snake's venom?
I can't help you, sorry.
My good dude, what I said is correct and you're going to hear it from me every time the topic of eating spiders is going to be brought up. I simply can't find it in myself to waste the rest of this evening trying to convince a guy who expects argument, not a discussion.
Feel free to treat it as "a win" or whatever suits you.
I ate spiders where they are served as a meal. And I still enjoy their companionship. This does not and won't prevent me from pointing out that they are indeed poisonous - plenty of them in fact.
It's the same thing as with certain mushrooms. The dose makes a poison. In case of spiders, eating one or two won't do you much harm.
Water isn't poisonous. It's a colloquialism. Drinking large quantities of water WILL kill you, because it will (again, a colloquialism) "wash out your electrolytes, thus introducing electrolytic imbalance to the organism".
Also, please stop making idiotic and potentially harmful claims that you can eat a bowl of spiders. Or, if you're absolutely adamant that it's true, please provide photos of you doing so.
Until I see a photo, or a recording of you eating a bowl of spiders, you'll get no response of me. No distractions, no avoidance, no cheap dirty tricks. Put your money where your mouth is.