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flower planter
Australians asked to catch, not kill, deadly spiders
-THEY can be as small as one centimetre long and love a shady suburban garden, but if you rub this amorous arachnid up the wrong way you could be dead within 15 minutes.
The world's deadliest spider, the Sydney funnel-web, is back on the prowl in a backyard near you, looking for love as the weather warms up.
But far from steering well clear of the killer, we're being encouraged to get unsettlingly close to these eight-legged freaks.
"It's a bit frightening to, but we have less and less funnel-web venom and we don't want to get a point where we have a shortage of antivenene [anti-venom]," Australian Reptile Park head keeper Julia Mendezona told news.com.au.
The park, located on the NSW Central Coast, is the only place in Australia that milks the fearsome funnel-webs to create the lifesaving antivenene. But a downturn in people trapping rather than killing the spiders has led to stocks becoming low.
Last year, there were 65 suspected funnel-web bites in Australia, Ms Mendezona said, including "a few near-death experiences".
But, due to the availability of antivenene, no one has died from a funnel-web bite in more than two decades.
The signs of a funnel-web bite are sudden and alarming...
http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/hea...-1227566559137
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Senior Member
Nope, sorry. I'd have to go with kill it with fire.
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Hmmmm does the job pay well?
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Frozen Chosen
Found ... in your shoes????????????
Don't use a plastic container like a take-away container because their fangs can pierce right through???
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Give it as a gift to a friend
That breed of spider is a nasty mean hombre
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flower planter
Originally Posted by
Cardinal TT
That breed of spider is a nasty mean hombre
Are they rare or always around? Have you ever seen one?
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Originally Posted by
krystian
Are they rare or always around? Have you ever seen one?
Probably not. His gut probably blocks his vision.
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Originally Posted by
CatchyUsername
Probably not. His gut probably blocks his vision.
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