• Question: how do spiders get in bannanas

    Asked by bailey193 to Lena, Laura, Asif, Sean, Viv on 15 Mar 2012. This question was also asked by telishallen, gracee.
    • Photo: Lena Ciric

      Lena Ciric answered on 15 Mar 2012:

      I really hate spiders so I’m really glad that the answer to this is they don’t. 🙂

      There have been some stories in the news about spiders in banana boxes in supermarkets but I’ve seen nothing about spiders inside the bananas. There is an urban myth about spiders laying eggs inside bananas, but it’s not true. Have a look at this link: http://www.burkemuseum.org/spidermyth/myths/banana.html

    • Photo: Laura Waters

      Laura Waters answered on 15 Mar 2012:

      I saw a tv show where they said monkeys wouldn’t eat the end of a banana as it may have eggs inside, I think they made it up!

    • Photo: Sean Murphy

      Sean Murphy answered on 15 Mar 2012:

      Well I’m glad that’s not true, I could never eat a banana again!

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