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Emergency Room Diagnosis

In the ER with severe stomach pain. Doctor is pressing on different parts of my abdomen asking, "Does this hurt? How about here?" He presses on my lower ri

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In the ER with severe stomach pain. Doctor is pressing on different parts of my abdomen asking, "Does this hurt? How about here?" He presses on my lower right side, and—PFFFFFT—the barking spider provides a very clear diagnostic response.

The doctor laughed and said, "Well, I think we found the problem—and the solution." Most accurate medical diagnosis a barking spider ever contributed to.

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