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n2doc

(47,953 posts)
Tue Jan 26, 2016, 12:41 PM Jan 2016

Oh Hell no! - get the boot

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.



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Oh Hell no! - get the boot (Original Post) n2doc Jan 2016 OP
Talk about sensationalist writing..... dixiegrrrrl Jan 2016 #1
In a Sunburned Country mackerel Jan 2016 #2
Thank god they don't jump. Laffy Kat Jan 2016 #3
Yeah, I used to want to visit Australia - LiberalElite Jan 2016 #4
There is also a jellyfish down under that can kill you. Laffy Kat Jan 2016 #5
NZ always seemed like it might be a nice place to visit - LiberalElite Jan 2016 #6

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
1. Talk about sensationalist writing.....
Tue Jan 26, 2016, 12:52 PM
Jan 2016

Guy must not have been THAT terrified that he was not able to catch the spider and haul it away...

Laffy Kat

(16,356 posts)
3. Thank god they don't jump.
Thu Jan 28, 2016, 08:03 PM
Jan 2016

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)
4. Yeah, I used to want to visit Australia -
Thu Jan 28, 2016, 09:27 PM
Jan 2016

then I saw all these pics posted of great.big.things living there and - uh nope.

Laffy Kat

(16,356 posts)
5. There is also a jellyfish down under that can kill you.
Thu Jan 28, 2016, 09:59 PM
Jan 2016

I wonder if New Zealand has the same critters. That may be an alternative destination.

LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)
6. NZ always seemed like it might be a nice place to visit -
Thu Jan 28, 2016, 10:41 PM
Jan 2016

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.

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