And to think I was excited…
Yahoo! News reports that the Brazilian wandering spider found in a Tulsa, Oklahoma Whole Foods market was not of the South American persuasion after all. It was just a harmless Huntsman spider.
Now, instead of finding some consider one of the most lethal arachnids in the world, the Whole Foods produce worker found a large but harmless spider. Barry Downer, who is the curator of aquariums and herpetology at the Tulsa Zoo, strongly believes that this is the case.
“There’s pretty definitive evidence it has been misidentified,” he said.
Why destroy the evidence?
Downer also said the spider should have been preserved for study, rather than being destroyed as it was. “It doesn’t make any sense to me why it wouldn’t be saved.”
A University of Tulsa school spokesman has said that the university is investigating how and why the spider was destroyed.
Richard Grantham, who is the director of the plant disease and insect diagnostics lab at Oklahoma State University, agree with Downer’s assertion that the mystery spider should not have been killed and disposed of.
After careful analysis of photographic evidence, Grantham is firm in his belief that the produce-hobo of an arachnid is not a Brazilian wandering spider. Yet why it was not preserved is beyond him, considering the potential public health concerns that would have required further study. A personal loan of his own facility’s resources would have been forthcoming. ... click here to read the rest of the article titled "Brazilian Wandering Spider Actually Huntsman Spider"
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