Brazilian Spider Wanders into Oklahoma

This isn't very comforting. KOTV's Jennifer Loren reports:

TULSA, OK -- The world's deadliest spider found in a Tulsa grocery store. An employee at Whole Foods Market at 1401 East 41st Street found a Brazilian Wandering Spider wandering around in their produce section.

The store handed the spider over to biologists at the University of Tulsa who say that employee is lucky to be alive. [SNIP]

"Within minutes you will have breathing problems, you'll start to lose control of your muscles, you'll start to drool and within 20 to 25 minutes you'll probably collapse on the floor and die of asphyxiation," said Terry Childs.

And, that's why he says people at Tulsa's Whole Foods market are lucky to be alive.

Apparently the grocery staff routinely inspects its produce, which is a good thing. The bad news is that if someone gets bitten, there isn't much that can be done.

"There is an antidote for the bite of this spider. Unfortunately I don't think we have any around here," said Child.