(CNN) — If you saw an enormous, deadly funnel-web spider sitting on her egg sac, your first instinct might be to run away. But the Australian Reptile Park in New South Wales is urging residents of ...

Funnel-web spiders collected for the Sydney zoo are used to create the antivenom used to treat the spider's dangerous bite Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

Mississippi is home to more than 30 kinds of spider, but only a handful are dangerous. These creeping crawlers can be found across the state. But certain ones only live in specific places or dark ...

NEW SOUTH WALES, Australia – A reptile park in Australia is warning residents to keep their eyes peeled for a large, deadly spider species as summer approaches. The funnel-web spider is one of ...

Australian Reptile Park spider expert Rob Porter milks a male Sydney funnel-web spider to create antivenom in 2001. Sydney Morning Herald Picture by Andrew Taylor, Fairfax Media via Getty Images It’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. No one has been killed by a funnel-web spider since the antivenom was introduced. If you saw an enormous, deadly funnel-web spider ...

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