The internet headline noted newly discovered spiders as big as basketballs.
Basketballs!
B-A-S-K-E-T-B-A-L-L-S!!
Like a rubbernecker passing an interstate pileup, I clicked through to the article. Not to read just then. Lordy no. I emailed it to myself to read later – in daylight.
That approach seemed smart. Because spiders scare me. A lot.
But I knew I must face my fears. And prepare for the possible/probable/definite apocalypse of marauding basketball-sized spiders.
I read the article just now, three days after spying the headline. And I can report a wisp of good news:
The original headline was wrong. It and the article now refer to spiders as big as softballs.
OK. Breathe. Relax. The corrected headline is better.
Except: softballs!!
These “behemoths,” the article says, were found in an abandoned mine in northern Mexico. Their bodies measure an inch across, their width including legs about 4 inches.
These “mine spiders,” as they’re called, are less venomous than similar eight-legged terrors in Brazil. Still, we’re told they “would make short work of anything rat-sized or smaller.”
Booking my flight now. To Mars.
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Hahaha! Gotta say, I didn’t look at the video. I’m terrified of them. Don’t kill them, just offer them a new life outside.
I looked at the video only just long enough to check that it wasn’t raunchy!