Thursday, August 14, 2008

Giant Spider Thursday

you'll have to check out the picture

http://edwardsvillejournal.stltoday.com/articles/2008/08/14/news/sj2tn20080813-0806edw-giantspider.ii1.txt

The spider just appeared one day, Akins said, hanging from a web.Not fearing the creature, Akins grabbed her camera and took a few pictures of the species.The spider has since disappeared, but Akins sent the photos of the spider to biologists at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

"It's either a pet that got away, or one that hitched a ride on a shipment of goods or produce, possibly from South America," Theodorakis said. "It was probably hidden."

Theodorakis said the wandering spider is a species with a bite that is dangerous to both humans and animals.

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