As if the funnel-web spider, paralysis tick, stinging stonefish, inland taipan, Box jellyfish, saltwater croc or bull shark weren’t deadly enough, Australia proudly unveils a giant new species of trapdoor spider.
reatness; the body of the female can be as much as two inches long, and that’s before you add those eight long legs.The new species was found near the small farming towns of Monto and Eidsvold by researchers involved in Queensland Museum’s Project DIG.
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