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Giant tarantula that ‘stings like a bee’ part of north’s peace dividend

Source
The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)

Publication Date
2013-04-02

A tarantula almost as big as a dinner plate has been discovered in northern Sri Lanka by a team of researchers who named it after a keen police officer who helped track down live specimens of the giant spider.

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http://www.sundaytimes.lk/130331/news/giant-tarantula-that-stings-like-a-bee-part-of-norths-peace-dividend-39317.html