Wednesday, April 27, 2005

Did something just move in that box of bananas?

Matthew Stevens was bitten by a giant spider that he disturbed while cleaning the freezer in his pub kitchen. The spider had stowed away in a box of bananas. Matthew took its photograph with his cameraphone which may have saved his life. Zoologists were able to identify the spider as a Brazilian Wandering Spider. It's listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's most poisonous spider. The spider grows as large as 5 inches long. Its temperament is listed as "aggressive and nervous". Just the sort of thing you'd like to encounter in the dark: a large, incredibly poisonous, aggressive and nervous spider. And apparently it's a fast runner and is not afraid of humans. Can we just stop importing bananas from Brazil now?
posted by Bob at 4/27/2005 06:00:00 PM  | | digg | del.icio.us | reddit