World's Deadliest Spider Has Been Harboring a Killer Secret
Although its venom is the deadliest in the world, no one in Australia has died of a funnel-web bite since the introduction of ...
Here's what Australia was missing: 'Big Boy' is a palm-sized super-venomous spider
A ustralian scientists officially confirmed the existence of a new venomous funnel-web spider species, named Big Boy (Atrax ...
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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 recently when staff at the Australian Reptile Park, which milks venom from the ...
Yikes! World’s Deadliest Spider Is Actually 3 Different Species
“The Newcastle funnel-web, Atrax christenseni— dubbed Big Boy—is a totally new species. The ‘true’ Sydney Funnel-web, Atrax ...
New super-sized funnel web spider dubbed the 'Big Boy' is discovered - putting Aussies in one state on alert
The new species of the most venomous spider in the world can grow up to 4.5cm long - almost double the size of a regular ...
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Deadly Spider Dubbed 'Big Boy'
The newly named subspecies. Photo courtesy Kane Christensen.An international team of scientists has revised the classification of Australia's most ...
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Big Boy Is Here and He’s the Most Venomous Spider in the World
Scientists reveal the Sydney funnel-web spider is actually three distinct species, with Newcastle's "Big Boy" reigning ...
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Scientists discover bigger, more venomous species of spider, nicknamed "Big Boys"
Australian scientists have discovered a new species of the deadly funnel-web spider that is bigger and more venomous than its ...
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What are Funnel Web Spiders? Australian scientists discover more bigger and venomous species
There are several genera of funnel web spiders, but the most common ones in Australia are Atrax, Hadronyche, and Illawarra.