Mobile phone picture of spider helps save bite victim

When chef Matthew Stevens was bitten by a spider while cleaning in his Somerset pub, his camera phone helped save his life. He used it to take the spider's picture. The Guardian reports.

"[...] His condition worsened - but only when he showed them the picture did staff realise how badly he had been bitten. The photo, forwarded to the Bristol Zoo was identified as one of the most venomous spiders: the Brazilian Wandering Spider.

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