Workers unpack 10in spider

Saturday 02 January 1999 00:02 GMT
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Workers unpack 10in spider

STAFF AT Sheffield's wholesale market unpacked a consignment of South American figs and nuts and found a spider with a 10in leg span. The goliath bird eater kills birds and snakes and is poisonous, but not fatal, for humans. It was taken to a wildlife centre where it has been nicknamed Hairy Harry and is being fed pig hearts.

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