Spider who likes gasoline behind Mazda recall
4th March 2011
The culprit is the Yellow Sac spider, which makes the Mazda6 model of Mazda cars its home because it is lured inside by the smell of the fuel.
“While it’s very rare, this spider’s distinguishing characteristic is that it likes the smell of gasoline, caused by the hydrogen oxide,” said Mitsuhiro Kunisawa, an automotive journalist.
“Once it smells the gasoline from outside, it will go inside. In the United States, it’s a relatively common type of spider.”
I’ll bet you didn’t know that.
March 4th, 2011 at 12:08
…it likes the smell of gasoline, caused by the hydrogen oxide …
The substance is also known as “dihydrogen monoxide”, a chemical which is lethal when breathed in moderate amounts, and against which there is an international campaign (see http://www.dhmo.org ). In my country, many candidates in the upcoming elections, when asked, wanted to ban the it.
In common speech, hydrogen oxide is sometimes called water.
I am a bit doubtful of this Telegraph piece…