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World's Deadliest Spider Found in Whole Foods Produce
Fox News ^ | 3/21/2009 | Fox News

Posted on 03/20/2009 12:27:54 AM PDT by Dallas59

TULSA, Okla. — One of the most deadly spiders in the world has been found in the produce section of a Tulsa grocery store. An employee of Whole Foods Market found the Brazilian Wandering Spider Sunday in bananas from Honduras and managed to catch it in a container.

The spider was given to University of Tulsa Animal Facilities director Terry Childs who said this type of spider kills more people than any other.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Oklahoma
KEYWORDS: bananas; grocery; honduras; oklahoma; spider; tulsaok; yikes
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To: Dog

I think I’d start wearing gloves!

I WAS going to aska the produce clerk to break the bananas up for me and check them in the store. Not sure after reading your post. Might have to switch to oatmeal for breakfast.


61 posted on 03/20/2009 6:46:48 AM PDT by amyjane
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To: Dallas59

Build the wall.


62 posted on 03/20/2009 6:49:25 AM PDT by DaGman
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To: scramaseaxe2002

Whole Foods has organic and “conventional” produce. This includes their bananas.


63 posted on 03/20/2009 6:52:50 AM PDT by amyjane
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To: DaGman
Build the wall.

Yeah that will keep them spiders out.
64 posted on 03/20/2009 6:54:53 AM PDT by Sarevok
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To: rigelkentaurus

“I do not think that they selling any metallic or ceramic ones there”

Yes we have no inorganic bananas.


65 posted on 03/20/2009 7:04:56 AM PDT by EEDUDE
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To: Dallas59

Pretty hairy for a Brazilian.


66 posted on 03/20/2009 7:11:19 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Dallas59
Always check your bananas!

Time flies like an arrow. Fruitflies like a banana.

67 posted on 03/20/2009 7:31:47 AM PDT by laotzu
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To: Dallas59

I have only one rule about spiders — they get squashed on sight, no matter what. Good spider, bad spider, foreign or domestic, it matters not.


68 posted on 03/20/2009 8:48:28 AM PDT by TexasRepublic (I am inconsolate over the death of our country.)
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To: Rebelbase
Getting bit by one of these things is gonna make for a hard time all the way around.

Yes, hardly something to scoff about, eh?
69 posted on 03/20/2009 1:39:12 PM PDT by papasmurf (Trow da' bum out!)
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To: Eddie01

Welcome to my web, said the spider to the papasmurf!


70 posted on 03/20/2009 1:40:20 PM PDT by papasmurf (Trow da' bum out!)
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To: Dallas59

71 posted on 03/20/2009 1:45:42 PM PDT by Doomonyou (Let them eat lead.)
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To: Dallas59
FWIW, there was some PhD spider expert on FoxNews a couple of hours ago and he said that the spider was definitely NOT the Brazilian spider, as it had been mistakenly identified. He named what it was, and it wasn't a friendly thing, but the bananas came from Honduras, where the Brazilian Wandering Spider is not found.
72 posted on 03/20/2009 1:52:18 PM PDT by JustaDumbBlonde (America: Home of the Free Because of the Brave)
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To: NavyCanDo

Are you talking about the spider pictured on post 36?

Ya. But I think the spider in post#6 will have to get things going first. After that who cares if I die.


73 posted on 03/20/2009 2:21:53 PM PDT by chainsaw (If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free! -- P.J..)
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To: JustaDumbBlonde
Apparently it's a Huntsman Spider, and not the Brazilian wanderer. In any case...it's still a spider...but I guess I don't need the Bazooka. No need for overkill...
74 posted on 03/20/2009 2:53:15 PM PDT by Cailleach
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To: Dallas59

Yikes! I eat bananas purchased in Tulsa. I guess I’m gonna have to watch it, pretty close... :-)


75 posted on 03/20/2009 3:09:05 PM PDT by Star Traveler
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To: rigelkentaurus; EEDUDE
I do not think that they selling any metallic or ceramic ones there - pretty good bet they are all carbon/hydrogen based products for sale, ie organic.

LOL, that's a pet peeve of mine too. This whole "organic" label for foods grown without pesticides and/or growth hormones is ridiculous. ALL food is "organic".

Are we getting closer to "Blade Runner" times or something? I guess even that would be "organic" since, although replicated, the animals and plants still (presumably) had organic molecules in them.

< /pet peeve rant >

76 posted on 03/20/2009 3:10:45 PM PDT by FourtySeven (47)
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To: Dallas59
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77 posted on 03/20/2009 3:11:17 PM PDT by dragonblustar (Once abolish the God, and the government becomes the God - G. K. Chesterton)
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To: scramaseaxe2002
Are the bananas at Whole Foods organic bananas? Silly question!

They sell both kinds, I think. Whole Foods carries both organics and conventional produce.

For the record, if you feel the need to eat organic foods, bananas are one that you don't have to waste your time (or money) on. They are already pretty low in pesticides due to the peel being thick and hard, and due to the fact that you don't eat the peel.

Dr Weil's Foods You Don't Have to Buy Organic(^)

At the other end of the scale, here is his list of foods you should always buy organic:

Dr. Weil's Foods You Should Always Buy Organic(^)

78 posted on 03/20/2009 3:23:15 PM PDT by mountainbunny
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To: JustaDumbBlonde

You are completely accurate. And that is what the article Drudge links to says, as well.

But let’s not let anything like a few facts interfere with our Constitutionally- given right to crack wise, post spider photos, and mock elements of the situation according to our previously-decided beliefs!

If the Drudge said “The world’s deadliest spider is food at Whole Foods,” then it must be accepted as gospel! Actually reading the story or doing follow-up is merely showing a lack of faith in him!

I agree with you. The story that is linked to says that this spider was NOT the fearsome “banana spider”. But why let the totally contradictory FACT of this spider’s genus get in the way of some pleasant ridicule of Whole Foods employees, organic produce in general, and food inspectors.

Drudge uses his position as a trusted source to mislead his more gullible and hasty headline readers, it would appear.


79 posted on 03/21/2009 10:26:15 AM PDT by worst-case scenario (Striving to reach the light)
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To: worst-case scenario
Every time one of these 'spider or scorpion in the produce section' or 'snake or lizard in the garden department' stories gets published, it should dawn on folks that critters hang out wherever there are plants and smaller/other critters and/or a source of moisture. It seems to shock some people.

Every time I am in the produce department at Sam's, I cringe when I see someone walk up to a big box melons or a crate of bananas and stick their hands/arms in without so much as a cursory glance at what might actually be in the box with the fruit. Granted, normally there is nothing else in the box ... but you really need to be aware that there could be.

80 posted on 03/21/2009 10:44:23 AM PDT by JustaDumbBlonde (America: Home of the Free Because of the Brave)
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