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Baja, California
OK, I will not include any spidey pictures here but ...
This is based on a picture and film containing article here: http://www.sfgate.com/science/article/Softball-sized-spider-discovered-in-California-11056149.php
The article is titled: Baseball-sized spider discovered in Baja California mine.
Everybody got that? If you're arachnophobic, take a pass on the linked article
It appears that scientists from the San Diego Museum of Natural History (a pretty cool museum, btw) were poking around in a mine shaft in Baja, California when they came across one big motha spider. (big motha is an entomological term or art, or endearment, I forget which)
It turns out to be a new genus and species, henceforth to be known as Califorctenus cacahilensis. It is big, long legged and has a yellow abdomen. It is also mildly venomous. The bite, however, is described as not all that painful, so don't let it bug you.. .
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