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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
Fri Mar 13, 2015, 06:14 PM Mar 2015

Mom Says Bananas Were Infested With Spiders That Can Cause Hours-Long Erections

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/12/spiders-bananas-erection_n_6859190.html

Is that a banana in your pocket, or have you just been bitten by a Brazilian wandering spider?

A British couple was horrified on Tuesday after they found a bunch of bananas they purchased from a Tesco store was infested with spiders they believe to be Brazilian wandering spiders, the Bristol Post reports. The bite of that spider can cause a host of unpleasant symptoms, including a hours-long painful erections and death.

"I recognized [the spiders] because I remembered seeing a news story about them, so when I saw the cocoon it rang a bell and I thought I should check it, so I Googled it,” Maria Layton, of Bristol, said, according to the Telegraph. There isn’t any indication her identification was confirmed by an expert....

She told the Telegraph she became even more concerned after the cocoon began to “unfurl,” and she shoved the bananas into a sealed box, which she put in the freezer to kill any spiders.




Hmmm... would spider extract be cheaper than Viagra?
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Mom Says Bananas Were Infested With Spiders That Can Cause Hours-Long Erections (Original Post) KamaAina Mar 2015 OP
So if your erection lasts more than 4 hours you should A Simple Game Mar 2015 #1
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