BRAZILIAN WANDERING SPIDER FOUND IN TULSA
March 19, 2009 by Tap Vann
TULSA, OK – One of the deadliest spiders in the world was found wandering far from home – in an Oklahoma grocery store!
An employee at the Whole Foods Market found the spider amongst some bananas on Sunday, and casually caught it in a food container. The employee had no idea what species it was until the spider was given to University of Tulsa Animal Facilities director Terry Childs. Apparently it hitched a ride on the bananas all the way from Honduras!
Check out this interview with Childs below, where he explains just how deadly the arachnid is:
