Maybe just a little pesticide would be a good thing.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 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.
Friday, March 20, 2009
At Least It Was All Natural
Crackerjack always packed their product with a "surprise" inside. That marketing approach is cathing on. Whole Foods had a "surprise" packed in with their imported bananas:
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