Erection-Causing Spiders Found on Family's Bananas

A family brought home some crazy, four-hour erection causing spiders in their bananas from the market.

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In today's edition of insane nightmare shit that will keep you awake at night and make you scared of your groceries, a dad in England brought home bananas from the store and discovered they were infested with "venomous" spiders, according to the Bristol Post

But these weren't just any regular, possibly deadly spiders, these spiders' bite can cause erections. And not the great kind of erections, we're talking painful ones that last four hours, kind of like those ones they warn you about on the Viagra commercials. Except maybe you die. 

When the man's daughter asked for a banana, her mother discovered the Brazilian wandering spiders aka "banana spiders." She went over to grab a banana she noticed a "furry bit," she told the newspaper. 

"The spider cocoon started to unfurl so I put it in a sealed box and put it in the freezer as I read that that is supposed to kill them," she said. 

The spiders had apparently hitched a ride all the way from Costa Rica, where the bananas were imported from. 

 

 

 

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