Three young brothers have been hospitalised after letting a venomous black widow spider bite them in the belief it would turn them into Spider-Man.
The three brothers, aged eight, 10, and 12 and who have not been named, found the spider as they were watching over their sheep in the town of Chayanta, Bolivia.
Their mother was reportedly collecting wood at the time and the boys are said to have come up with the idea that letting the spider bite them would give them superpowers, as happens to Peter Parker in the popular Marvel comic books.
The boys are said to have provoked the spider with a stick before it bit them. They quickly began suffering from symptoms from the venomous bites, which can include severe muscle pain, abdominal cramps,