One of Australia's biggest and deadliest spiders is actually three different species, researchers discover — and one of these behemoth arachnids is even bigger than the rest. Sydney funnel-web spiders ...

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(CNN) — A ginormous and deadly funnel-web spider has been handed in to a reptile park in Australia, where staff said it was the largest of its kind they’d ever seen. Fittingly named Hemsworth, the ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Measuring at 9.2cm from foot to foot, ‘Hemsworth’ the male funnel-web spider (Atrax robustus) is the largest of its kind recorded ...