Posted on 06/16/2018 4:42:16 AM PDT by aomagrat
Sometimes you might find a stray bug or worm in your produce, but a dangerous black widow spider? Believe it.
That was the case for Jacob Vaughn, who bought a bunch of fresh broccoli at Kroger in Maumee, only to find a large arachnid alive and acting feisty on the vegetables.
The South Toledo man said he discovered the spider while washing off the broccoli before cooking it when "the spider came out and started waving his hands. It was pretty obvious he was alive since he was throwing his hands in every direction. He did not seem pleased."
Vaughn got tongs and took the piece of broccoli he was on and double bagged it in zip-top bags so it wouldn't get out.
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Vaughn's mother, Chandra, posted about the ordeal on Facebook groups as a "reminder to carefully check produce," she said.
Cheryl Garcia, a friend of Chandra's, saw the photo of the black widow spider and realized she could help, since she is with a rescue facility that would give the spider a second chance. As of Thursday night, an adoption was pending for "Broccoli," the black widow spider. Broccoli was being housed with Life with Elliott and Friends, in conjunction with Another Chance Sanctuary, a rescue facility in Fremont.
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I found a black widow in the portapottie at my shooting range. I squashed it. It never made the news.
Another illegal immigrant.
A spider with hands? That’s a first.
Black lives matter.
Every spider put your hands in the air
And wave ‘em like you just don’t care
More concern for a poisonous bug than for innocent human babies in the womb. The judgment of God is awaiting.
There is a black widow family living in my in-laws grave. It’s been there for 20+ years.
We can dance. We can dance. Everybody look at your hands.
When I was a kid in the mid-50s we rented a small cottage in Annapolis next to our landlord, Adm. Richard Byrd. The property had a walk-down well with stairs. The well-room was infested with black widow spiders. I never went there ever. Twice a year the Bausch and Lomb people would come and harvest the spiders. Evidently the black widow spider silk was the preferred material for scope cross hairs and other optical items.
Miss Diana Ross had a song for this spider who was Reaching out https://youtu.be/629_vLbgv7g
As bad as she is the Black Widow is nothing compared to the Brown Recluse. That gal is the real deal. Bad to the bone!
But it is organic broccoli...………………………...
Agreed
Would a million black widow spiders sing Hands Across America? https://youtu.be/WZorfXa5pBc
The judgement of God has been delayed because of the election of one DJT as President for the time being .
My Dad’s old buddy Joe Falduto was bitten on the nutsack in an old privy by a black widow. He swelled up pretty good but survived the experience.
I hate Black widows.......
A Black WIDOW is a "he"?
Only in Transgender America!
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