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Top 10s reveals some of the most dangerous spiders on Earth, from Australia’s deadly Sydney funnel web to the infamous ...
Like most spiders, it's the females of this species that are larger than the males. However, it is the males most responsible for bites to humans.
A mum got the shock of her life when she opened up the bunch of bananas she bought from Lidl - and found one of the world’s deadliest spiders inside. The unidentified woman discovered a Brazilian ...
Despite being home to three of the world’s deadliest spiders, Australia has not lost anyone to spider bite since 1979 — thanks to the development of powerful antivenoms.
A Sydney funnel-web spider is released back into the Australian bush with a telemetry tracker attached to study how far a mature male can travel at night, and whether their movements are affected ...
The Sydney funnel-web spider is most active during warmer weather. Funnel-web spiders look for small crevices they can line with web, creating a tunnel or "funnel" for them to live in.