Redback in Japan

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kimonobox
Published: November 25, 2009Posted in: Just JapanTags: ,

Looks like the dangerous redback australian spider has extended its web to international destinations such as Japan of late!!

Thanks to flickr for their find .... click through for more of this spider

Thanks to flickr for their find .... click through for more of this spider

According to newsreports, a 6 year old boy in Osaka was bitten by one of these Aussie exports a few months back! And his case is just one of the many starting to emerge. I really don’t like spiders! Creepy crawly … yikes.

But I am amazed at the stretch of the redbacks explorations! Japan is quite a long way for it to travel.

It looks like a container ship carrying woodchips has inadvertedly let the spiders into Japan. But more of a concern is that the redback like warm areas … and experts have warned that Japan’s convenient heated toilet seat could provide the ultimate in oriental nesting space.

I always knew there was a reason I wasnt fond on the heated seats.
All I can say is – watch your bum … not your back this winter season!

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On a different note, I have warned my kids to tidy up their rooms otherwise spiders could find hide out space ….. the kids havent responded yet as they are too busy with games…. maybe I should find a trick spider and plant it???? Would have cause them to move their attention from the computer … I wonder?

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I have lived and worked in Japan for the past twenty five years off and on. I have seen many changes and enjoyed the various paradoxes and anomalies of everyday Japanese living.