A viral story about a spider laying eggs inside a cruise passenger's toe isn't true, experts say

• A man told the BBC that a spider laid eggs in his toe during a cruise ship stop in France.
• The story went viral, with Colin Blake saying he was told a spider later came out of his toe.
• But experts told BI spiders don't lay eggs in bodies, and questioned whether Blake was even bitten.

A BBC report about a cruise passenger who said that he was bitten by a wolf spider, which then laid eggs inside his toe, went viral on Monday.

But the story has attracted criticism from experts, who say it doesn't add up.