{"id":174909,"date":"2023-05-03T14:26:43","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T14:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=174909"},"modified":"2023-05-03T14:26:43","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T14:26:43","slug":"brit-finds-tarantula-hiding-in-his-jeans-after-flying-back-from-mexican-jungle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/brit-finds-tarantula-hiding-in-his-jeans-after-flying-back-from-mexican-jungle\/","title":{"rendered":"Brit finds tarantula hiding in his jeans after flying back from Mexican jungle"},"content":{"rendered":"
A terrified Brit bloke let out a "yelp" when he returned from Mexico to find a tarantula in his jeans. <\/p>\n
James Mugridge, 31, had just flown home to the UK after a two-week trip to Mexico staying in jungle hotels when he discovered the 12cm-long creepy-crawly.<\/p>\n
Believed to be a Mexican red rump, also known as Tliltocatl vagans, the spider's bite is not considered to be overly dangerous to humans.<\/p>\n
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Still, James got the shock of his life and screamed when he spotted the creature's furry legs hanging out of his jeans.<\/p>\n
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Cautiously approaching the spider with some chopsticks, James was relieved to find the tarantula was already dead – probably frozen in the plane's hold.<\/p>\n
"For a split second I thought it was alive – I let out a yelp!," said James from Exeter, Devon, who flew to Cancun on April 15 with girlfriend Emma Forrester, 27.<\/p>\n
James recalled seeing many tarantulas on their trip including the Mexican red rump, but never thought one would make its way into his jeans for the trip home.<\/p>\n
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He said: "I think it was in [the jeans] for a couple days at least.<\/p>\n
"We're lucky because the bag was supposed to come in the cabin. But there was not enough space, so they put it in the hold.<\/p>\n
"Subsequently, the tarantula froze to death, but in the cabin I fear it would have been alive and kicking.<\/p>\n
"The sting on it is said to be worse than a bee sting, but its not fatal.<\/p>\n
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"That being said, I was absolutely terrified when I saw the little thing had made its way into my jeans. It really was the last thing I was expecting." <\/p>\n
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