A motorcyclist crashed into a camper that had stopped in the middle of the road to provide safe passage for a desert tarantula in Death Valley National Park.
Desert tarantulas aren't considered poisonous to humans. That doesn’t mean, however, that they can’t be dangerous. A trio of international travelers learned this lesson over the weekend when the brown, hairy spider's appearance caused a two-vehicle accident in Death Valley National Park that sent one man to the hospital.
Park officials said the spider spends most of its time underground. Fall happens to be the one season 8- to 10-year-old male tarantulas leave “their burrows to search for a mate.” Female tarantulas are more deadly for males than any wayward car or motorcycle: The females often kill and eat males after mating. Park officials described the eight-legged creature, both male and female, as “slow moving and nonaggressive” and said their nonpoisonous bite is “similar to a bee sting.
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