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Terrifying 7.5 centimetre funnel web spider nicknamed 'big boy' found in bushland with venom dripping from its fangs
Biggest ever funnel web spider turned in to a hospital in Newcastle, NSW
The spider, nicknamed 'big boy', measures an incredible 7.5 centimetres
A bushwalker found the arachnid with venom dripping from its killer fangs
Australian Reptile Park will milk 'big boy' as part of its anti-venom program
By LIAM QUINN
PUBLISHED: 19:21 EST, 24 January 2016 | UPDATED: 20:31 EST, 24 January 2016
A massive funnel web spider named 'big boy' has been found and turned in to a hospital.
The huge spider, which measured 7.5 centimetres across, was dropped off by a terrified local at the John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle, New South Wales.
The horrifying creature had venom dripping off its deadly fangs when bushwalker stumbled across it.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3414915/Huge-funnel-web-spider-Newcastle-taken-Australian-Reptile-Park.html#ixzz3yMyV7pk3
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dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Guy must not have been THAT terrified that he was not able to catch the spider and haul it away...
mackerel
(4,412 posts)Laffy Kat
(16,356 posts)If they did I'd say nuke 'em out of orbit. As much as I'd love to visit Australia some day, my arachnophobia will probably keep me away. Wish I could overcome.
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)then I saw all these pics posted of great.big.things living there and - uh nope.
Laffy Kat
(16,356 posts)I wonder if New Zealand has the same critters. That may be an alternative destination.
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)but this is all hypothetical, assuming I'd ever have the money. LOL!!!!!
As far as the lethal jellyfish - I only go into the water up to my ankles as I can't swim.