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Default Deadly spider in Whole Foods



"dsi1" > wrote in message
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> 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?


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