Lynn from Fargo Ografmorffig wrote:

On Mar 18, 10:59 pm, "modom (palindrome guy)" >
wrote:
> The world's deadliest spider found in a Tulsa grocery store. An
> employee at Whole Foods Market at 1401 East 41st Street found a
> Brazilian Wandering Spider wandering around in their produce section.
>
> The store handed the spider over to biologists at the University of
> Tulsa who say that employee is lucky to be alive.
> ...
> It's being kept in a terrarium with a do not disturb sign. More
> people die from the spider's bite than any other spider in the world.
>
> "Within minutes you will have breathing problems, you'll start to lose
> control of your muscles, you'll start to drool and within 20 to 25
> minutes you'll probably collapse on the floor and die of
> asphyxiation," said Terry Childs.
>
> More hehttp://www.newson6.com/global/story.asp?s=10025233
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> modom
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KILLIT DAMMIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lynn in Fargo
(Not far enough from Tulsa!)
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GM replies:

My mom told that when she was kid in the 20's, store owners would sometimes
find tarantulas in the big bunches of bananas they received...this was in
the rural Midwest.

The owner's kid would sometime put it in a jar, take it to school, and
charge 2 cents for other kids to see it...


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Best
Greg