North America Edition
Earlier this month in the German Kornwestheim (Baden-Württemberg) a supermarket was evacuated by the police due to an employee (19) being bitten by a spider when unpacking bananas, the German newspaper Bild reports on its website. It was initially unclear which creature it was. There were fears it could be the poisonous banana spider, but the employee could also have been stung by a scorpion.
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The man's hand was swollen and he was hospitalised. The fire and rescue department searched the entire supermarket for the creature with an infrared camera, but to no avail. Later experts from a a pest control company were called in, who eventually found the arachnid. It was revealed to be a variety of South American spider.
