Boxship captured by spiders

[odindj]

Officials in the Pacific island of Guam ordered a commercial ship to return to South Korea after thousands of spiders poured out from its cargo, U.S. military newspaper Stars and Stripes reported Friday.
The creepy crawlies, the largest of which had bodies the size of quarters, were discovered shortly after the M.V. Altavia arrived Wednesday evening. The ship was then moored just off the island as officials tried to determine the spiders' species.
When it still remained unclear Friday afternoon whether or not the arachnids were venomous or in any way dangerous, officials ordered the removal of the vessel.

[Allan RO]

Hi Mikhail

Can we assume that these were a squad of Taliban suicide spiders................

Allan

[odindj]

Hi Allan!
Considering vessel sailed from Korea, spiders must be of North Korea breed and training, terror act against US Navy.
Mikhail

[Peter Grunberg]

Amazing what you can find on the ' web '

Strangest story I have heard in 20 years.

[Bob Scott]

This sort of thing happens not infrequently.
I experienced it once myself during my few years as a truck driver.
It was not me but the driver of the container truck ahead of me in the queue to unload at a well-known distributor of electrical cables who

[E. Vroom]

The authorities acted very well. Venomous or not the spiders could mean a real threat to other species on the foreign land they invade, especially in the case of an island.

[E. Vroom]

The authorities acted very well. Venomous or not the spiders could mean a real threat to other species on the foreign land they invade, especially in the case of an island.

[Fotojoe]

wonder what cargo they had on board . At least one container obviously wasnt properly gassed before/after stuffing.