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 he http://www.newson6.com/global/story.asp?s=10025233
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>
> modom

So that's how things are done on the mainland. Over here, when we see
big hairy cane spiders, we'll hunt it down and kill it or put it in a
jar. Since we got the dog, we'll just have Kina do all the work. What
would prompt a person to take a spider to a university? That seems odd
to me. No spiders in Oklahoma?