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Meet the Big Boy Spider and Its Deadly Funnel Web Relatives
There are big spiders, and then there’s the Newcastle ‘Big Boy.’ First described in the early 2000s, this spider is the ...
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A venomous Australian spider turns out to be 3 species, not 1
The Sydney funnel-web spider, a highly venomous arachnid found crawling in and around Australia’s most populous city, was ...
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An Australian zoo has found its biggest-ever funnel-web spider. Its name is Hemsworth
A ginormous and deadly funnel-web spider has been handed in to a reptile park in Australia, where staff said it was the largest of its kind they had ever seen.See the funnel-web spider Hemsworth ...
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Officials warn of deadly spider outbreak — and are asking residents to collect them for their milk
NEW SOUTH WALES, Australia – A reptile park in Australia is warning residents to keep their eyes peeled for a large, deadly spider species as summer approaches. The funnel-web spider is one of ...
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Super-size trapdoor spider discovered in Australia
Researchers in Australia have made a big discovery: a super-size species of trapdoor spider found only in Central Queensland. The arachnid has been dubbed Euoplos dignitas — a name "derived from ...