Deadly spiders found in Death Railway cave
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Tourists and avid cavers are being warned of dangerously poisonous Mediterranean recluse spiders
spiders (noun)
Meaning: a small creature with eight thin legs. Many spiders spin webs (= nets of thin threads) to catch insects for food
Thai Translation: แมงมุม
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which have been discovered in Thailand for the first time in Kanchanaburi province.
The brownish yellow spider measuring about 7 by 7.5 millimetres can cause severe wound infections and even kill a person, if bitten, though there have so far only been a small number of such extreme cases worldwide, Narin Chomphuphuang, a doctoral student at Chulalongkorn University's (CU) Faculty of Science Biology Department, said yesterday.
Mr Narin issued the warning after he found the arachnid species by chance when he explored a cave in Sai Yok district.