'It was the size of my child's hands... it gives me shivers just thinking about it'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA massive venomous huntsman spider the same size as a HAND was found in boxes in an Oldham warehouse. Skin-crawling pictures show the stowaway creepy-crawly after it was discovered in a box shipped from China to the UK.
The spider species - among the biggest in the world - was found by a worker unpacking boxes with goods to be sent to customers in the UK. Join our WhatsApp Top Stories and Breaking News group by clicking this link The worker said the find gave her a “heart attack”, adding: “The spider is the size of my child’s hand.
I found the spider in-between boxes - it was dead already squashed and dried. “It was quite shocking to find such a creature where you wouldn’t expect it to be.
It gave me a heart attack - I was there with my husband and I jumped away and hid behind him. “I would compare the size of it to the hand of my three-year-old.
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