Never eating a banana again

[jimnyc]

I don't know where this is from, nor do I care. I've heard stories of bananas bringing foreign spiders here, like from Brazil I think? That have spiders that are lethal. Don't know which ones, don't care. You admittedly have to watch to the end to see this ornery sucker pop out, but you can see him moving around the entire time. Hell no, bye bye bananas!!

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[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

I don't know where this is from, nor do I care. I've heard stories of bananas bringing foreign spiders here, like from Brazil I think? That have spiders that are lethal. Don't know which ones, don't care. You admittedly have to watch to the end to see this ornery sucker pop out, but you can see him moving around the entire time. Hell no, bye bye bananas!!

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For health reasons I eat at least two bananas a day, every day of the year, sometimes three. I have done so for over 5 years now.
Not gonna stop and will eat the damn spider too if it dont bite me first. :laugh:--Tyr

[jimnyc]

For health reasons I eat at least two bananas a day, every day of the year, sometimes three. I have done so for over 5 years now.
Not gonna stop and will eat the damn spider too if it dont bite me first. :laugh:--Tyr

Don't eat the spider!! He's liable to bite your lip on the way in, or maybe along your gumline. That could be lights out, don't underestimate them little bastards. Pound for pound, spiders are kings of this world. Unfortunately, they do need to die if they come within 50 feet of me though.

Here's a good chart to go to about spiders:

http://i.imgur.com/4Bio8E7.jpg

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

Don't eat the spider!! He's liable to bite your lip on the way in, or maybe along your gumline. That could be lights out, don't underestimate them little bastards. Pound for pound, spiders are kings of this world. Unfortunately, they do need to die if they come within 50 feet of me though.

Here's a good chart to go to about spiders:

http://i.imgur.com/4Bio8E7.jpg

I was joking my friend, I ever so dearly hate spiders, snakes scare me not a bit.
Spiders, I kill every damn one I see regardless of it's status as poisonous or not!
Only good spider is a dead spider..-Tyr

[jimnyc]

I was joking my friend, I ever so dearly hate spiders, snakes scare me not a bit.
Spiders, I kill every damn one I see regardless of it's status as poisonous or not!
Only good spider is a dead spider..-Tyr

They ARE good for bugs. Most really don't give a crap about us. Most won't even bite. But that changes nothing, sorry little 8 legged bastards, ya'll just gotta go.

[Bilgerat]

http://www.coolfactsforkids.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/brazilian-wandering-spider-facts-for-kids-bananas.jpg

[jimnyc]

Was doing a search and found this. A couple years old, but gave me chills reading it. My whole house gets torched if this were me!! And they say the babies can't harm you? Even if you are eating them? And what do so many babies grow up into? That's right, adult bastards!!

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A British family was forced to flee its London home after dozens of apparently deadly spiders sprouted from a banana bought from a local supermarket.

Consi Taylor, 29, was halfway through eating a banana when she noticed that the small white patch on the piece of fruit was not mold but something far more alarming.

"I had a closer look and was horrified to see they were spiders," Taylor told The Sun newspaper. "They were hatching out on the table, scurrying around on my carpet."

Taylor took a picture of the spiders and sent it to her local pest control company for guidance. It said the tiny critters could be Brazilian wandering spiders, a species that Guinness World Records designated the world's most venomous spider in 2010

The Taylors evacuated their home and had it fumigated, according to The Sun.

Steven Falk, an entomologist with the invertebrate conservation trust Buglife, said that even if the spiders had been the venomous wandering spider, the babies didn't pose a real threat to humans.

"The truth is often very mundane," Falk told ABC News, adding that "a baby spider doesn't have big enough jaws to bite you."

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2013/11/potentially-deadly-spiders-found-in-supermarket-banana-bunch/

[tailfins]

I don't know where this is from, nor do I care. I've heard stories of bananas bringing foreign spiders here, like from Brazil I think? That have spiders that are lethal. Don't know which ones, don't care. You admittedly have to watch to the end to see this ornery sucker pop out, but you can see him moving around the entire time. Hell no, bye bye bananas!!



As you know, my wife's family is from that region of Brazil. Like my father-in-law says: When it's your time to die, you're going to die, not before, not after. You'll just drive yourself nuts worrying about stuff like this. If God sends a spider to implement my demise, it's God's doing, not the spider. I will take a spider over pancreatic cancer any day of the week. It also beats being eaten by Piranha. At least with a spider you'll have time to say goodbye. If you want something to fear in the jungles in Brazil: fear Macumba. Macumba destroys the soul, rather than the body.

[Drummond]

Was doing a search and found this. A couple years old, but gave me chills reading it. My whole house gets torched if this were me!! And they say the babies can't harm you? Even if you are eating them? And what do so many babies grow up into? That's right, adult bastards!!

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http://i.imgur.com/r7iwEkz.jpg

A British family was forced to flee its London home after dozens of apparently deadly spiders sprouted from a banana bought from a local supermarket.

Consi Taylor, 29, was halfway through eating a banana when she noticed that the small white patch on the piece of fruit was not mold but something far more alarming.

"I had a closer look and was horrified to see they were spiders," Taylor told The Sun newspaper. "They were hatching out on the table, scurrying around on my carpet."

Taylor took a picture of the spiders and sent it to her local pest control company for guidance. It said the tiny critters could be Brazilian wandering spiders, a species that Guinness World Records designated the world's most venomous spider in 2010

The Taylors evacuated their home and had it fumigated, according to The Sun.

Steven Falk, an entomologist with the invertebrate conservation trust Buglife, said that even if the spiders had been the venomous wandering spider, the babies didn't pose a real threat to humans.

"The truth is often very mundane," Falk told ABC News, adding that "a baby spider doesn't have big enough jaws to bite you."

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2013/11/potentially-deadly-spiders-found-in-supermarket-banana-bunch/

... and to think that I was about to post that I'd never heard of spiders travelling with banana shipments to the UK (.. grapes, yes, not bananas). That'll teach me ...

But what the hell. Bananas are loaded with potassium .. VERY good for your health. Also your eyesight, because apparently you have to learn to keep a beady eye out for spiders ...

[NightTrain]

Well, Jim, it's high time you got over your spider phobia and I know how to cure you.

It involves duct tape, a chair and a 5-gallon bucket of spiders.

[Bilgerat]

They ARE good for bugs. Most really don't give a crap about us. Most won't even bite. But that changes nothing, sorry little 8 legged bastards, ya'll just gotta go.


I hates them too!

http://i2.wp.com/imglulz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Solution.jpg?resize=500%2C710

[DLT]

I don't know where this is from, nor do I care. I've heard stories of bananas bringing foreign spiders here, like from Brazil I think? That have spiders that are lethal. Don't know which ones, don't care. You admittedly have to watch to the end to see this ornery sucker pop out, but you can see him moving around the entire time. Hell no, bye bye bananas!!

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You call that a spider???

Now that's a spider.

http://ts1.mm.bing.net/th?&id=JN.V4I1wwtWbFgbz/fJnYZ2sA&w=300&h=300&c=0&pid=1.9&rs=0&p=0

[tailfins]

Jim, why not just enjoy the bananas and throw them away in the outside trash can if you actually see spiders. Spend a couple of weeks in a bankside Amazon River town/city and your fear of all kinds of creatures will go away. I particularly recommend the place referenced below:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Maraj%C3%B3,+Brazil/@-0.9547172,-49.5884925,9z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x92a187d84facc207:0x93ec7 977b5b95e2d