Media Tries to Gin Up Another Crisis: This Time It’s Spiders as Large as a ‘Child’s Hand’
This story is for all you arachnophobes out there who hope the idea of a spider invasion is too far-fetched to be true.
They’re coming. This spring, giant Joro spiders — as large “as a child’s hand” — will “parachute” up and down the East Coast. The spiders, native to Asia, hitched a ride in a shipping container and arrived in Georgia in 2014. Now, they’re ready to break out of Georgia and use their large webs to float on the wind for long distances.
The media is playing their usual role of ginning up hysteria. The Joros are going to get the full COVID treatment.
“Giant venomous spiders infiltrated the southeastern US and are expected to spread rapidly, experts say,” warns CNN.
“Large, Parachuting Spiders Could Soon Invade the East Coast, Study Finds,” claims The Smithsonian. – READ MORE
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