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Newcastle funnel-web spider identified

CBS News on MSN · 6h

Scientists discover bigger, more venomous species of deadly funnel-web spider, nicknamed "Big Boys"

The deadly 3.54-inch-long spider Atrax christenseni is among the most dangerously venomous spiders for humans.

ABC Health on MSN · 1d

Newcastle funnel-web spider identified as bigger, deadlier than other species

It is something researchers have suspected for 20 years. Now they know for sure the Newcastle funnel-web is bigger, scarier, and different than the rest.

The Independent on MSN · 14h

Scientists discover new ‘unusually large’ species of one of world’s deadliest spiders

Researchers say they used anatomical and DNA comparisons to study different populations of the Sydney funnel-web spider – one of the world’s deadliest spiders – and found there were three species, only two of which were previously known to science.

ZME Science on MSN2h

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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Super-sized funnel-web spider discovered in Newcastle

Dr Helen Smith, an arachnologist (spider biologist) at the Australian Museum and one of the authors of the study suggested ...

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World's Most Venomous Spider Revealed: 'Big Boy'

"If you are bitten by a funnel-web spider, call an ambulance and go straight to hospital," researcher Geoff Isbister said.

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