Yes, We Have No Tarantulas Tracking down the first instances of a tarantula in a bunch of bananas in the United States.
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Chris Woodyard
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June 11, 2015
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and tagged snakes , spider bites , spiders , spiders in bunches of bananas , tarantula bites , tarantula in a bunch of bananas , tarantulas , venomous spiders , we have no tarantulas , Yes
Stories of poisonous spiders are much in the news. Here is a terrifying tale of being trapped and tortured by tarantulas.
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Chris Woodyard
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October 16, 2014
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and tagged horrors , spider attack , spiders , tarantula attack , tarantulas , venomous spiders
The March of the Tarantulas: Giant, Poisonous, Aggressive, and Scary Spiders An undulating carpet of giant tarantulas, migrating en masse. The deadly perils of swallowing spiders. Giant spiders who capture and eat mice and birds. Spiders as big as a hat.
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Chris Woodyard
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October 10, 2013
in Animal Tales , Cryptozoology , Fortean Mysteries , Grim and Grewsome , News , Panics , Scientific Oddities , Victorian
and tagged Aggressive , and Scary Spiders , arachnophobia , death by spider , giant spiders , plague of spiders , Poisonous , poisonous spiders , spider bite , spiders , tarantula , tarantulas , The March of the Tarantulas: Giant