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Erm…what is this?

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Sux2buthen · 29/05/2025 10:10

Just opened my banana pack and found this. Do I need to burn the gaff down?

Erm…what is this?
Erm…what is this?
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Londonmummy66 · 29/05/2025 12:24

spiderlight · 29/05/2025 11:29

Your only real option here is to burn down the entire house, if you ask me.

Agree!

LetYouEntertainMe · 29/05/2025 15:35

take it outside, hold it at arms length and pour just boiled water straight from the kettle on to it. when it falls off on the ground, pour more on to it for good measure.

Job done.

spiderlight · 29/05/2025 15:38

SnakesandKnives · 29/05/2025 11:30

when I was at uni I briefly worked in a warehouse that imported bananas.

they come in huge long ‘trees’ wrapped up in brown paper

step 1 was to get a long, hooked knives and slice the paper off whilst stepping smartly backwards. Step 2 was to collect up the variety of spiders etc which then rained to the floor. Step 3 was to call Twycross Zoo and they’d come and collect everything interesting!

there were a LOT of tarantulas

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Just shown this to my 18-year-old who's looking for a summer job. He asked if it was something that could be done from home 😂😱

SnakesandKnives · 29/05/2025 17:23

Agapornis · 29/05/2025 12:19

Did they pick through the species and only choose the most interesting ones? What happened to the others? Free exotic pets for all staff? 😅

Am tucking into a late breakfast of banana and peanut butter porridge. I do like spiders though.

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I would like to tell you that those deemed less interesting were sent to a lovely home to live out the rest of their natural lives……..unfortunately what actually happened was a short trip to the ether box :(

ScarletBeret · 29/05/2025 17:50

We used to have a banana warehouse near us. A work colleague regularly got called to come and collect tarantulas. He had LOADS.

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 29/05/2025 18:23

Agapornis · 29/05/2025 12:19

Did they pick through the species and only choose the most interesting ones? What happened to the others? Free exotic pets for all staff? 😅

Am tucking into a late breakfast of banana and peanut butter porridge. I do like spiders though.

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It was Bristol Zoo for the fruit shop I worked in as a teenager..! It was always quite exciting when they had to come out, to be honest 😁

Paperweight7 · 30/05/2025 01:13

SnakesandKnives · 29/05/2025 11:30

when I was at uni I briefly worked in a warehouse that imported bananas.

they come in huge long ‘trees’ wrapped up in brown paper

step 1 was to get a long, hooked knives and slice the paper off whilst stepping smartly backwards. Step 2 was to collect up the variety of spiders etc which then rained to the floor. Step 3 was to call Twycross Zoo and they’d come and collect everything interesting!

there were a LOT of tarantulas

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That's me done with my mid morning snack 😱

I'll switch to apples unless another poster is going to come and tell me about the scorpions hidden inside apples or something.

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