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 Dylan Maxwell was on holidays on the Indonesian island of Bali
when the tiny creature burrowed through a small appendix scar and
traveled up his torso, leaving a red scar-like trail from his navel
to his chest.
Lifting his shirt, Maxwell told an Australian television network
"that's where it actually burrowed underneath my skin".
While still in Bali, Maxwell visited a local medical center and was
prescribed an antihistamine for an insect bite.
"Well after running tests and putting things inside my stomach they
finally found out it was a tropical spider that's been living inside
me for the last three days," Maxwell posted on his Facebook page
where he goes by the name of Dylan Thomas.
 "Haven't felt so violated in my life before! Just glad it's all
over", he said.
After returning to Australia earlier this week, doctors removed the
tropical visitor.
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"They managed to pull the spider out of my navel and put it in a
specimen jar and took it away," said Maxwell, whose mates have
nicknamed him "Spiderman".
(This story fixes typographical errors in the second and third
paragraphs)
(Reporting by Pauline Askin; Editing by Michael Perry)
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