Huge Spider Traps Woman In Her Home

Most people who are born and bred in Thailand have little fear of creepy crawlies such as centipedes or spiders, for they are used to seeing them as they grow up. In the western world, we tend to have an inbuilt fear of many insects but the spider will often strike terror into the veins of most people. The sight of a spider will result in screams or a newspaper being rolled up to squash the creature. If it is lucky, it will be trapped in a glass and moved outside.

But what do you do when the arachnid is the size of your dinner plate?

That was the situation a couple in Australia were faced with, when they noticed a giant Huntsman in their Queensland home.

And it was far from happy when they tried to usher it away!

Lauren Ansell described the scene when she encountered the monster spider. "It was massive and mean but we didn't want to kill it". She said.

Squashing something of this size with a newspaper is a no go that is for sure.

Lauren posted images of the Huntsman on Facebook leaving many of her friends horrified, when they saw the magnitude of the intruder.

Eventually they persuaded the beast to move on into the garden and they haven't seen it since.

The Huntsman gets its name because of its speed and hunting abilities. It uses venom to kill and digest its victims and although it has been known to bite humans, its venom it is not regarded as dangerous to healthy people. The spider usually strikes out at humans to defend itself.

If bitten, a healthy person may experience swelling, pain, often accompanied by nausea, headaches, vomiting and heart palpitations. Most cases do not require hospital treatment and there are no reports of necrosis as a result of a Huntsman's bite.

They feed on the likes of cockroaches and crickets.

So given the choice, would you prefer to live with cockroaches or one of these giant arachnids?

Source: The Metro

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