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A collaborator asked him to analyze a toxin found in the venom of Australia’s deadly funnel-web spider. The work led to clues about the toxin’s function, a paper in Nature Structural and ...

For both the spider bite and the DTs1. Nowadays though, people don't generally die from Sydney funnel-web spider bites. However, the very young, the sick and the elderly remain most vulnerable.

The arachnid, named Hercules, which measured 7.9 cm (3.11 inches) is the biggest male funnel-web spider. It has been given to the Australian Reptile Park, said officials with the interactive zoo ...

We have chosen the most poisonous snake, the inland taipan, the most lethal spider, the funnel web, and the much under-recognised platypus, whose bashful personality hides a set of poisonous spurs ...

Other species of funnel-web spiders are found throughout Australia. This iconic spider has caused more than a dozen recorded deaths however, not since the introduction of anti-venom in 1981.

A medium-sized spider, usually brown and frequently having yellowish markings on the abdomen. Three related species live in Britain, living in tubular retreats within holes in walls, bark, etc. Their ...

Dr Roberts says the advice for any spider bite, other than the funnel-web, is “to wash the area with some antiseptic, double check that your tetanus is up to date, and otherwise, it's a matter ...

I personally am a big fan of Silk, who was a fellow student of Peter Parker named Cindy Moon; she attended the same science lab tour as him, got bitten by the same radioactive spider, and ...

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