Spider in His Trousers Put Tourist in City Hospital ; a British Holidaymaker May Lose His Kidney After Being Bitten by a Spider While in Australia.

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A british holidaymaker may lose his kidney after being bitten by a spider while in Australia.

Alex Cann was putting on a pair of trousers when the South Australian brown tree spider bit his knee. The spider had been sleeping in the warmth of his trousers in a suitcase at a hostel in Alice Springs as Alex was coming to the end of a four-week backpacking trip with friends.

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Spider in His Trousers Put Tourist in City Hospital ; a British Holidaymaker May Lose His Kidney After Being Bitten by a Spider While in Australia.

Fortunately, it was a male spider - a female can bite more than half a dozen times and th...

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