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Judi Lynn

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Mon Feb 8, 2016, 06:59 PM Feb 2016

Giant Spider Caught on Video in Bag of Ready-to-Eat Salad Is Ready for Its Close-Up

Giant Spider Caught on Video in Bag of Ready-to-Eat Salad Is Ready for Its Close-Up

By Tom McKay February 08, 2016


Coming to a nightmare near you: This terrifying video of a gigantic spider biding its time — presumably before committing a violent crime — in a bag of salad that looks a little too similar to the ones in our local supermarkets.

Australian YouTube user Rick Perry fortunately spotted the eight-legged freak before he opened and ate the bag of salad, which carries a label assuring that its non-spider contents were "washed and ready to use," a consumer-facing promise that can easily be construed as "not containing a huge-ass spider."

The salad appears to be from Australian brand Woolworths, which coincidentally issued a recall of loose-leaf salad ingredients after a growing salmonella outbreak sickened dozens of people.

As FoodBeast reports, the spider in question appears to be a huntsman, which is also noted by someone in the video.

Huntsman spiders are not aggressive and are minimally toxic to humans, according to a site run by the Fumapest Control Group, but they are, however, maximally terrifying.

More:
http://mic.com/articles/134677/giant-spider-caught-on-video-in-bag-of-ready-to-eat-salad-is-ready-for-its-close-up#.VRLIM9QMD

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Giant Spider Caught on Video in Bag of Ready-to-Eat Salad Is Ready for Its Close-Up (Original Post) Judi Lynn Feb 2016 OP
Here it is: Kingofalldems Feb 2016 #1
Bonus Protein! Kenjie Feb 2016 #2
Wonderfully written tongue in cheek report. longship Feb 2016 #3
Happy hunting! Cirque du So-What Feb 2016 #4
Ready to Eat Salad, now with Extra Terror! Arugula Latte Feb 2016 #5
ArugulaaaaaaaAAAAH! Warren DeMontague Feb 2016 #9
RaddicciooooooOOOOh shit, it's a bigass hairy spider! Arugula Latte Feb 2016 #10
Ha! nt Mojorabbit Feb 2016 #11
Coming soon to SyFy: Arachnosaladnado! pinboy3niner Feb 2016 #6
Oh, HELL no. Warren DeMontague Feb 2016 #7
Who is ready to eat whom? Qutzupalotl Feb 2016 #8
I avoid pre-packaged vegetables or fruit. Eom Floridanow Feb 2016 #12
Well 1939 Feb 2016 #13
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