Deadly Spider Found in Grocery Store

[JohnNJ]

Deadly Spider Found in Grocery Store

TULSA, Okla. (March 19) - 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 says this type of spider kills
more people than any other.
Childs says a bite will kill a person in
about 25 minutes and while there is an
antidote he doesn’t know of any in the
Tulsa area.
Spiders often are found in imported
produce, and a manager at Whole Foods
says the store regularly checks its goods
and that’s how the spider was found.

[tigerlily]

This is why I handle all produce VERY carely. (especially grapes!) *shudder*

That's a bit creepy and cool at the same time. I'm glad that an intelligent person found the spider and was able to catch is safely. Is there a link to go with the article, to give credit to the original source?

I'm going to move this to the invert forum, since this forum is usually reserved for videos and such.

[Laooda]

Bet that guy got a raise! lol

Seriously... I'm with Christie! That's cool and creepy all at the same time!

[tigerlily]

Bet that guy got a raise! lol

Seriously... I'm with Christie! That's cool and creepy all at the same time!

After hearing how stupid some people are, it's refreshing to hear about the actions of an intelligent person! It sorta renews your faith in people in general.

When I took my daughter to karate the other day, a kid and his grandmother had brought in a black widow spider, in a critter keeper. I might have been okay with that, but they opened the cage to poke around and try and find it!!!! UGH!!! I gently removed my daughter from the area, but made sure nothing got OUT of that cage. I was just waiting for someone to drop the cage or get bit because they didn't see it. GAH!!!!!

[Laooda]

Wha...? Wow. LOL Let's hope they don't continue to poke around in the container!

[Melicious]

Wow. Thanks for sharing, John.

I'll definitely be checking my bananas more carefully.

[Nate]

When I took my daughter to karate the other day, a kid and his grandmother had brought in a black widow spider, in a critter keeper. I might have been okay with that, but they opened the cage to poke around and try and find it!!!! UGH!!! I gently removed my daughter from the area, but made sure nothing got OUT of that cage. I was just waiting for someone to drop the cage or get bit because they didn't see it. GAH!!!!!

What's that on your head? looks like a small black spider...

[frankykeno]

My eldest brother just retired after a life long career in a major grocery chain. I remember the days he was a produce guy and told us how they wore gloves to avoid spider bites. I do remember him saying something about how it got better after they started gassing the bananas or something like that. Apparently the spiders loved to get up inside the bunches of bananas and were a real bugger to see easily.

Maybe being this was a whole foods store their produce is organic so not treated for any kind of creepy crawlers?????

[tigerlily]

What's that on your head? looks like a small black spider...

[Chris Rossi]

THose bananas were to die for