Free Republic 4th Qtr 2024 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $69,721
86%  
Woo hoo!! And we're now over 86%!! Thank you all very much!! God bless.

Keyword: wanderingspider

Brevity: Headers | « Text »
  • Essex woman finds eggs of world's most venomous spider in her shopping

    09/09/2014 4:49:19 PM PDT · by beaversmom · 46 replies
    The Guardian ^ | September 9, 2014 | Mark Tran
    Brazilian wandering spider venom causes loss of muscle control and breathing problems, paralysis and asphyxiation. Photograph: Apex Photo Agency/Rex The Brazilian wandering spider – perhaps the world's most aggressive and venomous spider – is a rare visitor to these shores, but has recently been turning up in shipments of bananas, most recently in Colchester. Such is their fearsome reputation that a woman who found its eggs in bananas she bought from Tesco on Monday had to incinerate her vacuum cleaner after using it to clean them up. Abby Woodgate, 30, was told by pest control experts that she would have...