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Aussie Bloke Shocked To Find Huntsman Spider Hiding In His Headphones

Aussie Bloke Shocked To Find Huntsman Spider Hiding In His Headphones

'I absolutely knew I could feel something tickling my ear'

Stewart Perrie

Stewart Perrie

Most people around the world won't have to check their personal items if they've left them outside. But when you live in Australia, that is a necessity, as one man discovered.

Olly Hurst, a plumber from Perth, was finding it hard to concentrate on his work due to the tickling he could feel inside his earmuffs. Could it be a fly? A bit of ear wax on its way out? No, it was a goddamn spider.

After taking them off, Olly discovered a huntsman spider had decided to turn his earmuffs into a home for the day.

In footage shared with ABC Perth, he said: "I absolutely knew I could feel something tickling my ear. Hmmm, nasty."

He then proceeded to shake the earmuffs in a bid to liberate the ear-dwelling arachnid, but it didn't budge.

"It doesn't want to come out. He's happy in there," he added.

The video ends with Olly dropping the earmuffs on the floor - where presumably he shall eventually toss them into a pit of fire to wash all spider remnants away (but obviously not killing the spider, that would be cruel).

F*ck that.
ABC Perth/Olly Hurst

Commenting on the video, one person said: "Oh my lordy... I'd scream then throw them and run far far away."

Another said: "I am amazed that you didn't have a heart attack when you saw what had been tickling your ear."

A third added: "Buy some new earmuffs and let the spider have his/her new home."

Being that close to a creepy-crawly is bad enough, but having one encased on top of an orifice is the stuff of nightmares.

Huntsman spiders aren't actually that dangerous to humans, certainly not by arachnid standards in Australia.

They can span up to 15cm (almost six inches), so it doesn't take much for them to give the average Aussie a massive fright when they see them inside their home.

Huntsman spiders grow very large indeed.
PA

Let this serve as a lesson to people in Australia (and others in tropical climates as well) that it's wise to check inside shoes and the like before putting them on if they're left outside for any period of time. There are loads of creatures, including redback spiders and snakes, that have been found in boots.

Similarly, you might want check your humble toilet for snakes. Just ask Sofie Pearson, who found a family of tree snakes living in her bog in Cordelia, North Queensland, in August.

Speaking to 7News, Sofie said: "I went to the toilet and then I went to flush it and I really had to push down on the button to get it to work, so I was a bit confused.

"So I figured I'd just pull the top off and check what the issue was. I sort of looked at them for a second and thought, 'That's not right.'"

You're not wrong there, Sofie.

Featured Image Credit: ABC Perth/Olly Hurst