A supermarket has been closed after a spider capable of causing a permanent erection was spotted

A supermarket has been closed after a spider capable of causing a permanent erection was spotted

An Austrian shop has been evacuated due to reports of a banana-loving spider capable of causing men to have perpetual erections.

The Penny shop in Krems a der Donau, 45 kilometres west of Vienna, has been closed since Tuesday after the store manager noticed a four-inch black and red spider and phoned the fire department.

The spider, which is still at large, may have been an extremely deadly Brazilian Wandering Spider, which makes its way to Europe when it is nestled inside bunches of bananas.

The spider is one of the most dangerous on the globe, and a bite can kill in hours by inducing hypothermia, confused vision, convulsions, and, in some circumstances, erections.

An exterminator was contacted, and employees shut all of the banana boxes in the store, but the store is expected to stay closed until next week.

According to a Rewe retail group representative, “extensive cleaning and disinfection measures” are currently in place to ready the shop for reopening.

Brazilian Wandering Spider or Banana Spider

“The erection is a side effect that everybody who gets stung by this spider will experience along with the pain and discomfort,” Romulo Leite of the Medical College of Georgia told Live Science. “We’re hoping eventually this will end up in the development of real drugs for the treatment of erectile dysfunction.”

Source: mirror.co.uk