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Meet 'Hercules,' the Largest Male Funnel-Web Spider Ever Found
Arachnophobes may want to turn away: The largest-ever male specimen of a Sydney funnel-web spider—the world’s ... twisting the lid back on. The largest funnel-web ever recorded, dubbed ...
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You Won't Find Funnel-Web Spiders In The US, But There Is A Similar Arachnid
Spiders generally lay their eggs within the web as well. The back of the funnel generally has a narrow exit the spider can ...
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Meet The 3 Most ‘Extreme’ Spiders—By Weight, Leg Span And Deadliness
The Sydney Funnel-Web Spider, Quite Possibly The ... to make even the bravest person take a step back. 3. The Goliath Birdeater, The Heaviest Spider Known To Us The Goliath birdeater (Theraphosa ...
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Funnel Vision
Trigger warning - spider footage and information! Few creatures on Australia’s east coast post as great a risk to gardeners as Sydney’s funnel-web spider. Costa meets a funnel-web researcher ...
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Spider venom shows potential as treatment for epilepsy, stroke and pain
A collaborator asked him to analyze a toxin found in the venom of Australia’s deadly funnel-web spider. The work led to clues about the toxin’s function, a paper in Nature Structural and ...