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Giant funnel-web spider with fangs so big it could bite through a human fingernail arrives at Australian zoo
A member of the public caught and donated the giant arachnid to the Australian Reptile Park in Somersby, New South Wales. The zoo encourages donations to support its spider venom program ...
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A venomous Australian spider turns out to be 3 species, not 1
The dark, glossy Sydney funnel-web spider was originally described in 1877 as Atrax robustus. The name stuck until more ...
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‘Now more than ever’: The life-saving reason behind an Australian zoo’s plea for deadly spider donations
An Australian zoo is urging the public to catch and donate the world’s deadliest spiders to support its lifesaving antivenom programme. The Australian Reptile Park in Sydney says this has been a ...