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The Head of Health of the Australian State of Queenland, Australia, Yvette D’ath, was interrupted by a journalist who told her that she had a huge Spider on his leg while giving his usual press conference on COVID-19.
Calmly and keeping the type, Australian politics asked someone to help her remove the insect, a huntsman spider that can reach 15 centimeters, while she continued speaking in a calm tone with the media, according to a video posted by the affected person on social networks.
“This shows how I can stay in control. I don’t like huntsman, but I’m going to go ahead and pretend that I don’t have a huntsman in me right now and let someone take care of it,” D’ath said in a calm tone. during Thursday’s conference.
“Please let me know if it gets close to my face,” he stated jokingly.
Finally the spider, which a journalist described as “big”, got off his body, at which point the head of Health jumped.
“She’s wandering around. Wow, that was a moment, right?” He commented before breaking out laughing and then continuing with his response to questions from the press.
The bite of huntsman spiders, also known as wooden spiders, does not put people’s lives at risk, although it usually has a small amount of venom to immobilize its prey, usually other insects or salamanders.
Hairy, brown, and nocturnal hunters, this species and its relatives can be found in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Southeast Asia, Europe, and parts of North and South America.
