SpidersEnglish · 8 months ago

Tourist dies after being bitten by venomous spider hiding in restaurant chair

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Tourist dies after being bitten by venomous spider hiding in restaurant chair

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SpidersEnglish · 8 months ago

A spider cocooned in a wicker chair bit a man spreading its powerful toxin into his calf, leaving him fighting for his life before he died as his leg turned black from necrosis

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Did anyone else immediately assume Australia as soon as they read the title?

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