Vital Signs: Hazards: With This Spider, Wear Safety Goggles

Monday, January 4, 2010 - 16:35 in Health & Medicine

Doctors in Leeds, England, found that a man’s eye inflammation was caused by his pet tarantula’s defensive release of tiny hairs with multiple barbs.

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