Giant Australian spider hitches a ride to the UK, gives mover quite the shock

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Another Australian has moved to the UK.

This one, however, was a giant Australian huntsman spider, much to a British removalist's horror.

The huge spider was discovered in a shipping container, used to move family belongings from Brisbane to the town of Merstham, located south of London.

The 18 centimetre (7 inch) specimen managed to survive after three months on the road and more than 16,000 kilometres (10,000 miles) of travel, BBC News reported.

"I had three guys unloading, one ran about two miles up the road when he first saw it," Dave Aldridge, manager at Britannia Movers International, told the news outlet. Read more...

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via Zero Tech Blog

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