Posted on 07/27/2017 6:09:55 AM PDT by Red Badger
A family have been left terrified after fearing one the world's deadliest spiders has taken residence in their home after entering Britain in a bunch of bananas.
Michaela Egan, 24, from Rainham, Essex, noticed a suspicious white spider cocoon on a bunch she bought had from her local Tesco four days earlier and took a picture of it.
She posted the image on her Facebook page and friends suggested it could be a Brazilian wandering spider, whose venom gives male victims a painful four-hour erection before killing them.
The mother-of-two immediately put it in a sealed bag and returned it to the Rainham store where staff offered her a full refund before sending the banana off to be tested.
But Ms Egan ... is concerned the spider may have laid eggs and baby spiders could have hatched in her home.
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The Brazilian wandering spider is known for building webbed nests on bananas and according to Guinness World Records, they are the most venomous arachnid on the planet.
The spiders got their name because they are known to wander the jungle floor at night, rather than residing in a lair or maintaining a web.
During the day they hide inside termite mounds, under fallen logs and rocks, and in banana plants.
Although the Brazilian wandering spider venom is the most toxic - with death occurring within two hours of a bite - an effective anti-venom is available and few fatalities occur.
Its venom is currently being studied for use in erectile dysfunction treatments after it was found that a bite from one of the spiders can give male victims a painful four-hour erection.
Jamie Robins, a conservation officer for wildlife charity Buglife, said Brazilian wandering spider nests are normally the size of half a snooker ball.
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“If it lasts for more than four hours, call a mortician.”
If it happens at all anymore its a miracle!
“Atleast the male victims have ample warning, so there is time to seek help.”
Or take matters in hand and just get one more for the Gipper.
“Like the nurse said, “If you have a 4 hour erection, call me.”
What’s her cell phone number?
It took 43 posts for that guy to show up!......................
That's what killed him.
Isn’t it good, Norwegian wood.
So, being hanged caused him to be hung?
If memory serves, Al Capone laid dead on a slab with a notorious boner.
Al Capone died of syphilis. It had probably fallen off by then.
The moiker refers to skeletons...but I can see how it could be taken differently!
Normal immediate post mortem event for men.
DOC: No problem sir I found the anti-venom.
PATIENT: Great, my girl friend will be here in 10 minutes. Can you hold off on that for about 1 hour and 45 minutes
That’s what she said.
They call me the wanderer
Yeah, the wanderer
I roam around, around, around
The Boner Spider
Are you aware that most men have an erection after death?
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