Gargantuan funnel web nicknamed ‘Megaspider’ donated to lifesaving program
by Australian Associated Press from Environment | The Guardian on (#5RTFB)
The unusually large' and deadly spider's fangs - so big they could bite through a human fingernail - will be milked for venom
A massive funnel web spider with fangs so long they could bite through a human fingernail has been donated to a lifesaving antivenom program at the Australian Reptile Park.
The arachnid has been named Megaspider, and the park says she is roughly twice the size of a typical funnel web spider, more comparable to a tarantula.
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