Its venomous bite is not fatal, but can cause pain and swelling. We’d like to take a moment to praise those bite victims who did not die of sheer terror, and who we presume now work in Afghanistan kicking sand for landmines, having utterly used up their entire life’s supply of fear. When you’ve looked down and seen a screaming Frisbee-sized spider with its fangs sunk in you, you’re probably going to need to be thrown out of an airplane into a volcano before you’ll ever feel mildly concerned again.
http://www.cracked.com/article_16054_6-endangered-species-that-arent-endangered-enough.html
