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SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian scientists have discovered a bigger, more venomous species of the Sydney funnel-web spider, one of the world's deadliest. The new funnel-web species has earned the ...

One of Australia's biggest and deadliest spiders is actually three different species, researchers discover — and one of these behemoth arachnids is even bigger than the rest. Sydney funnel-web spiders ...

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Sydneysiders have been warned about a surge of the world’s most venomous spider as the wet season approaches — but are urged ...

According to a BBC report, armed with a pair of bright pink tweezers, Emma Teni carefully operations a large and long-legged spider inside a small plastic container. Emma operates from a compact space ...

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 in ...

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