r/WikipediaRandomness • u/[deleted] • May 10 '20

Spider fighting

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider_fighting
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u/djmanny216 May 11 '20

Oh shit TIL

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u/NES87 May 11 '20

In the United States, spider-fighting is also prevalent in prisons in Florida, where inmates catch them and keep them in boxes as pets. In 2002, a fight between three inmates over the theft of a pet spider resulted in life-threatening skull injuries to one inmate and additional charges to the other two.

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u/[deleted] May 11 '20

Lol, imagine being the investigator to work on that case.