Black Widow

  • LifestyleAOL

    Brothers let black widow bite them in hopes of turning into Spider-Man

    Three Bolivian brothers, ages 8, 10 and 12, were hospitalised after they let a black widow spider bite them in an attempt to turn into the Marvel superhero Spider-Man, the New York Post reports. The unnamed boys reportedly goaded the spider into

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    Black Widow spider found on Gatwick plane

    A black widow spider was apprehended as she tried to sneak through customs at Gatwick Airport. Workers had a shock when they found the 4cm North American black widow spider when unpacking a box of aeroplane parts at the airport. See also: Ten

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  • ScienceAOL

    £15 for boy who finds black widow spider in grapes

    Callum Merry, a 20-year-old from Brighton, Michigan, spotted a spider lurking in the bag of grapes he was snacking on. He was about to fish it out and set it free, when his older brother realised in horror that he was reaching for a black widow

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    Hundreds of black widow spiders hatch in shipping container bound for Norwich

    PA Hundreds of venomous black widow spiders are believed to have hatched out in a shipping container full of tyres that was being transported from Arizona to Norwich. The Mirror reports that pest control experts were called to Fendercare Marine

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