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It was not a good day to be an arachnophobe in Liverpool. As part of the city's Capital of Culture celebrations, this scary 50ft mechanical spider was suspended from a building near Lime Street station.
Even worse, La Princess, as the creature is known, is to move around the city at speeds of up to 2mph before it escapes down the Mersey Tunnel on Sunday.
The steel and wood spider has sophisticated hydraulics which allow the dozen engineers strapped to its frame to operate its eyes, legs and abdomen.
The 37-ton artwork has been billed as the largest and most spectacular piece of street theatre ever staged in the UK.
Revealed: The secrets of the 50ft robo-spider
As if it wasn't scary enough just clinging to the side of a building, this is Liverpool's 50ft spider going walkabout. Earlier in the week, the moving sculpture was suspended near to Lime Street station.
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