Giant funnel-web spider discovered

[@saltycat662]

That spider is still safer than a politician.

[@Dirtbag-Hyena]

👏🏼 Especially Brandon.🤣

[@JAG8691]

@@Dirtbag-Hyena And the venomous Dan Andrews.

[@galaxytraveler5779]

MUCH safer.

[@ridingthecloud2933]

Won’t touch your kids in a bad way

[@sidcolwell7479]

I've held a Funnel web spider in my hand before. Of course it was a one ounce silver round. Haha

[@Idol76]

Yeah,but the question we are all concerned about is if the spiders are fully vaccinated?

[@evanherrera5948]

Lmao they already mistakenly gave it a grown spider dosage

[@staffan144]

They are safe and effective

[@Idol76]

@@evanherrera5948 🤣

[@Idol76]

@@staffan144 😉

[@texhowdy3205]

Don’t criticize it or you’ll be called an arachnophobe.

[@HoratioFitzbastard]

Next headline 'Climate change may be leading to a rise in giant venomous spiders'. You heard it here first.

[@GaZonk100]

haha! BOOM

[@nzmonsterman]

Yup, I was thinking that also ha ha.

[@myview5840]

Back to 1950s horror film titles

[@diegestive4167]

Sorry mate heard in the uk last year … because I climate change we’ve apparently got bigger and more exotic bugs … allegedly…

[@CalvZynist]

Hear*

[@Susi-Saks]

Oh my ... QUICK .. _don't tell the Premiers_ .. they are going to have us on LOCKDOWN in no time...

[@aluckyman2668]

Warning : Dear Leader Dan sees all and knows all... and has pronounced that you are not approved for use of the sarcastic tone of your message! Thus you are found to be in violation of Dear Leader Dan's covid enforcement superpowers and your pct test is now positive! A SWAT unit of heavily armed CCP-loyal brownshirt traitors I mean Victoria PD are now being directed to your premises where you and everyone you love will thereby be escorted to the nearest "quarantine camp" (hehehe) and led without bail until such a time as your non-compliant free-thinking attitude I mean your covid infection has been thoroughly eradicated by any means Dear Leader Dan determines necessary! For your own good of course, because we care about your health and know what's best for you. 😊 Ps: we'd better Lockdown the whole State and sell the rest of it to China while we're out at it. Just to be safe.

[@Susi-Saks]

@@aluckyman2668 LOL LOL...

[@iluvyunie]

Get your spider masks Get your spiders masks here, the end is coming Get your spider masks

[@strangemachines_]

How do you italic KZbin text

[@Susi-Saks]

@@strangemachines_ place an 'Underscore" _ before the word or sentence you wish to make italic and also at the end. with no gap between the underscore and the first and last letter.... :)

[@bobclark5863]

They found a huge one in NZ, they've called it the Ardern. Truly revolting.

[@hollandianova]

Shelob!

[@atorthefightingeagle9813]

It has HUGE fangs.

[@jedironin380]

"It is at this point in our story that along comes a spider..." - V.

[@bigm383]

Yes, it could bite your member off.

[@michellesgarden5695]

🤣🤣🤣

[@ryan.1990]

Most Australian news story ever

[@steveothepainterreeding9126]

If they can jab through a fingernail then that bloke holding the plastic jar better be aware

[@Hallands.]

🙄 it can’t get its fangs around the concave inside

[@GabrielleTollerson]

@@Hallands. you must have never heard a joke before. You should get out more often

[@Hallands.]

@@GabrielleTollerson Do you even know what getting out means? If it was intended as a joke it was just dumb.

[@texhowdy3205]

As if Australians didn’t have enough to contend with.

[@michaelthompson342]

Ha! Ha! Best comment!

[@texhowdy3205]

@@te8828 I see what you did there.

[@mikecampos1193]

The emus are your enemies and the solution to liberation of your country.

[@GabrielleTollerson]

fr,I feel for them lol,they got psycho politicans on top of satan dropping his pets off there

[@galaxytraveler5779]

They even have poisonous trees that can kill you. Lol

[@B1-997]

*oxygen levels go up a little* Spiders and other bugs: “Time to go super sized!”

[@waza987]

Quick make more carbon dioxide to use up more oxygen from the atmosphere and stop these giant spiders.

[@galaxytraveler5779]

😂. Dude could you imagine if there were spiders like the size of a cat or dog?...

[@jackmyowl]

😱

[@BassNinja]

@@galaxytraveler5779 ummm there are

[@CJMVector321190]

Australia has enough already. Common

[@Wtf0069]

And there you have it, another reason why I'll never ever visit Australia!

[@oldnutta7611]

Wildlife isn't a problem here,it's the politicians you have to watch out for.

[@australianwoman9696]

Just don't leave your clothing on the floor & check your shoes before putting them on! Tuck in all your bedding so they can't climb up.

[@cazrealist1]

@karonic ゝ no way deal with those tyrannical politicians first

[@ka0t1k1]

Other than the covid health authoritarianism?

[@cazrealist1]

@karonic ゝ 👍 I hear you let's go Brandon

[@rollofenrir3154]

At least he’ll give you the double jab at once

[@webber977]

At least he lets you know he wants to kill you

[@big_mike_nyc]

I love Australia and its people!❤️. But your wildlife is downright CRAZYYYYYYYY!

[@buildmotosykletist1987]

Funnel webs aren't dangerous mate, it's the DropBears ya gotta watch out for. We run DropBear defence courses for all tourists.

[@caitgems1]

@@buildmotosykletist1987 aye very good, we're all wise to that one now 🤣

[@buildmotosykletist1987]

@@caitgems1 : That's good to hear, never underestimate the danger and always wear repellent.

[@kingpingfhdf1117]

and an even more crazy government

[@wadopotato33]

This isn't even as crazy as Wombats making square poops from round buttholes.

[@jamesthereaper7]

What did the Spider choose to work as? *Web designer.*

[@river7874]

Too bad it got arrested for funneling stolen funds into a slush fund.

[@alecfoster5542]

Ugh. That hurt. :(

[@lisalines4413]

Ha ha... Love that

[@Luum81]

I'm told it could spin a good tale

[@iblockpuncheswithmyface1490]

For sure he had a leg (or more) up on the competition.

[@FortuneHatter]

I can't wait until we get more news about an even bigger spider, the size of a dog, in Australia.

[@australianwoman9696]

These spiders are no joke! Their very aggressive & hide in shoes & clothing left on the floor. Be wary!🕷️🕷️🕷️🕷️🕷️🕷️🕷️🕷️

[@slcainehmierz7681]

Yeah, Australia is known for its special and venom creatures. A friend of mine which moves a few years before to Texas told me they have special lockers and other stuff to kill these small venomous scorpions away from the shoes. So not only Australia has these things :-)

[@garg1961]

Can we sick that dog sized one on Andrews?

[@maxaman64]

Woof spider.

[@joanking5594]

@@garg1961 You took the words right out of my mouth!!!🤣😂😂😂

[@deef631]

Throw some in Dictator Dan's room.

[@iamshadowbanned699]

Good idea.

[@drivingintothedesertuntilt3202]

the spider could do a better job

[@20alphabet]

You took my comment.

[@aluckyman2668]

Id vote for the spider over that rat.

[@tompullizzi1878]

Hilarious, they said it would never rain again in Oz, as if historical weather records don’t show dry and wet periods.

[@bluewrenreilly129]

Just proves what liars they all are doesn't it.

[@elvingearmasterirma7241]

Climate change wasnt as bad in the past If it does rain its definitely something to be thankful about as the weather patterns get fcked up even more

[@tompullizzi1878]

© 1904 Dorothea MacKellar The love of field and coppice, of green and shaded lanes, Of ordered woods and gardens is running in your veins. Strong love of grey-blue distance, brown streams and soft, dim skies- I know but cannot share it, my love is otherwise. I love a sunburnt country, a land of sweeping plains, Of ragged mountain ranges, of droughts and flooding rains. I love her far horizons, I love her jewel-sea, Her beauty and her terror- the wide brown land for me! The stark white ring-barked forests, all tragic to the moon, The sapphire-misted mountains, the hot gold hush of noon, Green tangle of the brushes where lithe lianas coil, And orchids deck the tree-tops, and ferns the warm dark soil. Core of my heart, my country! Her pitiless blue sky, When, sick at heart, around us we see the cattle die - But then the grey clouds gather, and we can bless again The drumming of an army, the steady soaking rain. Core of my heart, my country! Land of the rainbow gold, For flood and fire and famine she pays us back threefold. Over the thirsty paddocks, watch, after many days, The filmy veil of greenness that thickens as we gaze. An opal-hearted country, a wilful, lavish land - All you who have not loved her, you will not understand - Though earth holds many splendours, wherever I may die, I know to what brown country my homing thoughts will fly. Neither the weather nor climate have changed since 1904, at least.

[@damiantedrow3218]

It is deeply distressing when even Aussies are shocked at the spiders the find.

[@MASKarade25]

If course it’s Australia with that sh*t

[@aluckyman2668]

If you think the spiders are bad, you should see the politicians.

[@deplorablecovfefe9489]

How are they ever going to run into one....Australians can't go outside.

[@wormalism]

Male funnel-web spiders are roaming about looking for mates at the moment, so even if we can't go outside, the spiders can and will come inside to meet us.

[@robertphillips2983]

It's when they come inside........eeeee! eeeee! eeeee! eeeee!

[@LoveratLoves]

When I was a kid I used to collect funnel webs and redbacks and keep them in milk bottles - not a traditionally girly pastime haha. I also had a "boyfriend" across the road with a pet wolf spider we used to let loose on the back lawn and watch it hunt bugs.... ahhhh the Australian childhood used to be fun!

[@MelsArchive]

I am terrified

[@michellesgarden5695]

❤❤❤a fun thing to do...but frogs are better and wolf spiders hunt frogs so as an adult Im not big on wolfies

[@lycanlube7484]

i used to collect armies of big ants and have wars with different types against each other, or feed a nest of ants different insects and watch them become more and more ruthless ant eating other bugs.

[@ilovesuisse1]

Glad you survived it.

[@Antipodean33]

When I was a kid the 1960s I had a friend up the road whose family were carny's (circus people). He dropped by my house one day to show me this massive Brown snake he'd killed. I wasn't home but my old man asked him what he was going to do with it. He replied "eat it, we eat these" my old man was horrified and he said to me "you should invite that boy over for dinner more often" Reo Starr if you're reading this get in touch mate, love to catch up

[@connorduke4619]

Quick poll: who would you rather find in your bed in the middle of the night - a male funnel web spider or Dan Andrews?

[@had7669]

He’s in everyone’s bed fucking us

[@derekmay8679]

Spider for sure.... least you can kill a Spider with a rolled up magazine....

[@HoratioFitzbastard]

@@had7669 Yes, he might as well start kissing us because he's already fooking us.

[@michaelthompson342]

Either prospect is terrifying!

[@garg1961]

DA so I can squish him!

[@joriankell1983]

It's nice to take a break from the constant barrage of manufactured insanity and look at something interesting

[@ableone8956]

Propaganda

[@20alphabet]

Fear is all they're pushing. If it isn't China it's fires, if it isn't fires it's COVID-19, if it isn't COVID-19 it's the economy, if it isn't the economy it's climate change... and so on.

[@aluckyman2668]

@@20alphabet Its good Sky is covering the China/CCP threat though. You won't see any of that from all the treacherous CCP-owned far-left Socialist propaganda outlets of the MSM unfortunately. Me personally least I haven't seen much from them about climate change cult bs either. And its mostly calling them out on all their climate BS when it does... not pro-CCC. But I dont watch that much.

[@20alphabet]

@@aluckyman2668 Lol, China has owned Australia for at least ten years now. Bought and paid for.

[@TheClimbingBronyOldColt]

@@20alphabet He who controls the fear, controls the masses. The fear must flow! (Dune reference)

[@Greenpoloboy3]

Male funnel webs are out, trying to find a female mate, so women need to be extra careful

[@joesimpson5288]

Human females much prefer Faucis' venomous prick.

[@MrPhatNOB]

“Saves a couple of people’s lives every couple of years” Isn’t that another way of saying it saves one life per year? Lol.

[@00st307-m]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Trathaal]

Lol. He could’ve just said “Has saved several lives so far.”

[@robertrazo7352]

I had that same exact thought.

[@varrjames186]

@@GerryAustin1978 You are wrong...it's the venom that saves a couple of lives in 2023. So just don't get bitten next year or be the third person in 2023 to be bitten.

[@AximandTheCursed]

You thought nuclear submarines were going to be our primary defence? This is Australia...

[@MRPricks]

Has it been tested for the C0nv1d.

[@xOriginalGamerOG76x]

The Dan Andrews of the arachnids.

[@river7874]

That's an insult to arachnids.

[@xOriginalGamerOG76x]

@@river7874 😆🤣🤣🤣👍🏻

[@jzoe7382]

The fully vaccinated spider

[@camshaftsbroken1340]

Played with these as a kid. Did you know that they can hold on to a stick and carry there own body weight when they pincer with their fangs? You can even hear the end of the stick crunching. They're bite is very powerful. We also have mouse eating spiders with a bright red skull. Not as deadly but just as strong and look very similar.

[@joriankell1983]

That's pretty cool

[@kristyhoward6897]

Oh gawd😳😰😨😮😵

[@isee7668]

Red fangs blue arse? Perth has them too.

[@snookums639]

I found a couple of holes the size of 50c pieces with web around them, though it might be a funnel web, never seen one before so I tried coaxing it out but it wouldn't come out fully so I dug the sucker out and sure enough a funnel web spider, I stired it up a bit with a stick, didn't take much to piss it off, You sure could feel it bite through that stick though, I'm in QLD.

[@camshaftsbroken1340]

Yeah I work in excavations....we are surprised by all sorts of critters on the regular 😆 Love Straya

[@marie-josetimperley3825]

The newscaster looks delighted to have been given this interview…

[@dorisday4765]

And that, my friends, is why I’ve never, nor will I ever, visit Australia 😱😰

[@printingwithlue4310]

America will never be invaded because there is a gun behind every blade of grass and tree there. Australia: hold my beer. 😂

[@baldieman64]

If the Japanese had tried to invade the top end, it would have been a re-run of Ramree Island.

[@SMDTURBO]

If I ever go to Australia, I'm packing a flame thrower.

[@johndoe-uz2kc]

When I saw it I was kind of let down, like I was expecting this shelob looking monstrosity.

[@johnburke6332]

We could let her do it . . .

[@harsesishoktar9386]

It's bigger than the guys thumb. That doesn't count the size of the legs

[@joriankell1983]

Funnel web spiders are usually tiny. This thing is pretty damn big for a spider, let alone that type.

[@mightymousesundies]

Really this guy must have a tiny thumb cause I've seen plenty bigger ones. Till I smash them with my shovel.

[@cindydavis2060]

Nope..not going anywhere near them. Yikes!

[@jtfoto1]

Caught a huge female once whilst working in the logging industry. Took it in to the local hospital who then sent it to the guys in this show. It was every bit as large as the one featured. One bad A%#E spider.

[@randyfarnsworth7825]

I moved to Texas from N California. I thought Texas had a lot of biting, poison bugs, snakes and plants BUT! Australia hold records in lots of categories.

[@joec5268]

don't California my Texas.

[@kingwillbisthebest]

I would prefer to shake hands with the mega spider than Dan Andrews!

[@spedboy1966]

World's most poisonous spider & world's most poisonous snake...we scored the lottery here lol

[@soloauditor]

I am glad I live in Canada. You Australians sure have lots of fun having millions of rabbits, spiders, snakes, hordes of rodents.

[@thomaswhite6263]

Trust me bro I’d rather deal with a couple of creepy crawlies then 12 ft tall moose, wolfs, and bears hahaha

[@soloauditor]

@@thomaswhite6263 We don't have check for those in our beds and shoes either. And I live in a small city even here I haven't seen any of those.

[@moodyriver6673]

A metaphor for Australian people waking up to the government.

[@moodyriver6673]

@Andrew Potter ok Karen.

[@aluckyman2668]

Hope we get some anti-venom for all those venomous creatures soon! We sure are getting bit alot lately, and they're growing way too big.

[@aluckyman2668]

@Andrew Potter Ok Karen.

[@robmeglaughlin325]

Air lift a few billion to China?

[@tin2001]

What? So they can do some gain of function research and send them back 4 times the size and immune to insecticides?

[@Grace_x68]

I feel sorry for the presenter. You can feel his fear 😂😂😂

[@gusj2800]

Hahaha I thought the same thing!

[@rondameier8168]

NOPE!!! I'd burn my house to the ground if I ever found something like that in it.....

[@kristyhoward6897]

I would have to agree. Damn this video😵

[@rondameier8168]

@@kristyhoward6897 right!! Lol and I watch the Australian Reptile Park here on KZbin..... Could you even imagine finding that in your tub???? No no no..... The tarantulas in Arizona, the Mexican blond, Sedona blond, desert blond are bad enough, same spider just the different names it goes by.... And they are ugly and very alien looking....

[@JamesRendek]

Your biggest are in parliament

[@GG256_]

Australia: "We have 12 inch huntsman spiders." Also Australia: "EEK this spider is as big as my thumb!"

[@n07w4tU7hnk]

😳 thats a lot of antivenom . God Bless those who do this type of work .

[@AlyssamarieGloryCarrier]

OMG AS WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF WATCHING THIS, me and my son spot a spider crawling and it’s a non poisonous funnel Hobo spider crawling on the arm Of the chair near us..... what timing....😂🕷

[@Vikingr4Jesus5919]

Wanted to watch its cousin on YT probably hahah

[@AlyssamarieGloryCarrier]

@@Vikingr4Jesus5919 cousins from across the big pond. 🤣

[@TookieMacSpookie]

That spider got more cop-on that any politician out there

[@HD.Keem96]

Just another reason to (NEVER) ever go to Australia

[@FLGurl]

Florida Gator or Australian Funnel-web Spider? At least the Gator can't get in my shoe!

[@AUmarcus]

I've had one in my house in Sydney.

[@FLGurl]

@@AUmarcus In your shoe? Oh my!

[@ariannasv22]

Dude was grinning ear to ear even while holding a very dangerous spider Well, at least we know he truly loves what he does, working with spiders

[@trespire]

The spider was also grinning, ear to ear.

[@professorlaiceps1]

I found one of these, regular size on the steps of my house. I live in America. Damn shipping containers

[@thepassionate3335]

Please tell me you stay where its cold lol

[@professorlaiceps1]

@@thepassionate3335 nope. I hope it was just a fluke. I killed it

[@andrewwhite1065]

Holy mother of god, that's a bloody big funnel web. Wouldn't mind having one as a pet if it can be trained... i.e sit, rollover, heel, beg etc. Far cheaper than owning a dog or cat, and no exorbitant veterinary fees.

[@isee7668]

Free antivenom?

[@mrpappageorgio8311]

Walked past one on the floor of my kitchen for days only small but huge fangs

[@JR-km4gt]

Yeah prob only a huntsman

[@mrpappageorgio8311]

@@JR-km4gt nah man it wasn't a Huntsman

[@jonny-on-the-spot]

finally, News that i could smile and laugh about,especially for all those down under who need it most. Thank you

[@JamesRendek]

How'd you get mayor lightfoot?

[@markgrieves1307]

A few years ago I got stung by a spider that fell out of a lime tree in Leicester England whilst waiting at a bus stop in the rain. It bit my neck. I squashed it between my finger and thumb and threw it. It stung for a bit and I thought thank goodness I don't live in Australia!

[@daniellesomerfield8799]

I guess the mice plague didn't work. What about the mosquitoes which flew from Victoria to Narrabeen lagoon on the northern beaches, NSW non-stop?

[@lancepage1914]

😂

[@aflutteroffeminineconfusio1986]

Over here in the West I'm grateful for the complete lack of funnel webs ...we have enough spiders appearing with our Summer looming ...the eastern states can have em!

[@danielponiatowski7368]

yup couldnt agree more, im happy here in manjimup an the funnel webs stay there. not scared of em but somthing that can puncture a work boot or toe nail just aint right.

[@aflutteroffeminineconfusio1986]

@@danielponiatowski7368 Manjimup! A beautiful part of our state I must say .I'd move down south tomorrow if I could ..yep indeed we have enough things that bite why add another lol

[@fletcherhamilton3177]

Is this a new species or a particularly large individual of a ‘standard’ species?

[@lancepage1914]

Not a new species, just a regular, but large female funnel web spider.

[@fletcherhamilton3177]

@@lancepage1914 - and, unless I blinked and missed it, it’s not shown here?

[@Susi-Saks]

OMG I am dying just looking at it.. Talking about the 'wet' weather I have mushrooms growing under my trees, in my Backyard, and never have in over 25 yrs.... I suppose I better look out for funnel webs as well... I have lots/plenty of redbacks... I keep my 2 chickens free range and they help with the spider/bug problems as well.

[@little1942]

We’ve always had one place where a cluster of mushrooms would grow. This year, we’ve had a mushroom explosion of all different kinds! It’s actually quite interesting to learn what they are and their role in the environment. Mushrooms are a sign of a healthy lawn. That blew my mind. Lol. Just don’t let the kids or animals eat them. Chipmunks and squirrels can eat even the deadliest mushrooms, but not people or household pets.

[@veritasvincit1332]

Looks like an an Australian polititions.

[@tinaleanne8230]

You Aussie's have some of the nastiest creatures running, crawling, and swimming around. Funnel web spiders here are maybe 10-15 mm at most.

[@jerryadams6799]

Australia's Sidney funnel web used to kill bunches of people every year before antivenom was developed for it. it's venom was usually rapidly fatal. Whereas even our most venomous spiders (yellow sac, mouse spider, black and brown widows and brown recluse) are not usually fatal even untreated.

[@c-bass413]

Super. Lets make damn sure it never finds its way to America.

[@RogueA.I.]

Guaranteed some jackass will likely take one home as a pet and it will get loose.

[@WolfeTone17-98]

The last time I was in Australia I was bitten by a Red Back on the back of the leg, stung in the arm pit by a hornet and bitten by a Chihuahua on the finger and while excavating a pipe a woman gave me a camping sleeping bed mat to kneel on that she took out of her shed and when I was kneeling on it I looked and saw the biggest spider I have ever seen in my life on my knee and I am afraid of spiders in general, I screamed and jumped up and the thing landed on my work boot and nearly managed to crawl up my trousers, I think it was a brown bird eating spider. I was driving into Canberra through the national park late at night and as I was changing lanes and even though I knew there was no other traffic around I checked my blind spot and at that moment I heard the passenger make a loud gasp I braced myself as I looked straight ahead again expecting there to be something dangerous ahead of me and he told me a huge Kangaroo had just jumped across the car as I changed lanes and I did not even see it because I was checking my blind spot. Struth I'm not going near that place again :)

[@nv1493]

Surely they can pull a covid story out of this...

[@johnneill9740]

I had to get rid of a bbig Spider this morning (I am in Melbourne), i initially thought it was a Huntsman, I have used a broom to evict many, many of these back outside over the years (they hop onto the broom and you take them out and drop them in garden)... But this... whilst being about the size of one... was not like anything i've seen before. It's abdomen was large.. bigger than you normally see in a Huntsman.. and black.. and very shiny, almost reflective... so was the rest of its body... and the mandibles were huge and hooked. I must admit i was a bit nervous just looking at it. Anyway, after some encouragement it jumped onto the broom.. and i took it outside and dropped it in Garden. But in the outside light, it looked even more menacing.. I'm no arachnophobic, but I was very glad to be rid of it... just looked... wrong to me.

[@tammiea8552]

Another good reason to not go to Australia. As much as I'd love to, prior to 2020, no thank you!!!

[@uayfb1]

If the Chinese (or anyone else) invade us, this is a sample of our new biological weapon. You have been warned.

[@bunion8579]

Not as dangerous as Aussie politicians.

[@remalm3670]

... Oh NO! ... Global Climate Change ... call Barack Obama ... he'll save us ... ;-) ...

[@pistoffpussycat5778]

Are you kidding me? He's the one who bred them and is letting them loose! He's tge antichrist!

[@remalm3670]

@@pistoffpussycat5778 ... him and 'Ouchie' Fauci ... (Gain of Function) ...

[@PluralFish]

When he said most poisonous on the planet not just Australia lol I lol'd hard ..it's just Australia 🤣

[@durianriders]

Ive seen a little bit bigger in southern Sydney when I was a pool boy for rich widows.

[@donm5354]

Spider-Man, Spider-Man, Does whatever a spider can Spins a web, any size, Catches thieves just like flies Look Out! Here comes the Spider-Man. Is he strong? Listen bud, He's got radioactive blood. Can he swing from a thread? Take a look overhead Hey, there There goes the Spider-Man. In the chill of night At the scene of a crime Like a streak of light He arrives just in time. Spider-Man, Spider-Man Friendly neighborhood Spider-Man Wealth and fame He's ignored Action is his reward. To him, life is a great big bang up Wherever there's a hang up You'll find the Spider-Man.

[@eugeniovasquez3780]

Here is a expert on reptiles to talk about spiders.

[@curtcoeurdelion]

Fun Fact: this Spider has a bigger Brain then Joe Biden!

[@little1942]

And is less harmful!

[@UrbanYeti13]

Add one more reason to NEVER visit Australia!

[@biteyrankles138]

People tell me I'm silly being scared of spiders. Not scared of other critters. Not even of snakes. But spiders....

[@peterjames37]

That's the typical size of a Turramurra funnel web. No big deal.

[@ranimiller9744]

I am terrified of 🕷.....no way I would live there with those things crawling all over the place. Nope, nope, and nope!!!

[@raffaellavitiello1762]

Lived 60 years in Australia bush never seen one . You are talking nonsense ! Never been bitten by a spider and l lived in the bush . They dont come looking for you .....

[@ranimiller9744]

@@raffaellavitiello1762 I'm not ignorant, I know spiders don't come looking for you. Overreact much!!! Geez

[@captainkirk9879]

No worries Just pick it up by its middle section but if it squirms or bites just say "ohh hes a bit cranky" Steve Irwin style 😊❤

[@MagneticPowder]

If I saw that thing in my tub, I would just have to seal off the bathroom and all open spaces that lead to it with sealant and then concrete. That part of the house is now gone and a plaque shall be hung in it’s memory.

[@jameswhitcher6061]

It’s sad as the species was never said as it’s not a Sydney funnel web spider (atrax robustus) but it’s from a completely different genus hadronyche and the species being hadronyche formidabilis. This dubbed mega spider is not even that big for the species. Some of the largest formidabilis can get up to 11cm and they are found from the hunter river in NSW to south east Queensland, not just Sydney

[@NM-dy2vc]

A regular funnel web spider is scary enough, but twice the normal size? No thanks!

[@Desert10075]

😳 woah. I love the spirit of the Australian people and the Australian accent. So many things will kill a person in Australia.

[@Jessica-nx6ok]

Thankyou

[@risenfromyoutubesashesagai6302]

Giant Sydney funnel web or Brazilian wondering spider..which one would you rather take a tag from? Go!!

[@jimmyriddle5246]

You'll all be safe, just as long as you're wearing your face mask

[@rollofenrir3154]

Australia was created when god was high

[@martabachynsky8545]

Nope, he was angry. Very angry.

[@jackmyowl]

I remember hearing about an internet urban legend about a guy who kept injecting himself with higher and higher quantities of venom. Does anyone else know of this person, aswell?

[@occamsrazor9183]

We can tell the news Anchor is not really a spider-fan, he looks sick just talking about them...

[@landau46t]

I’m out.. I’m never leaving the comfort of a spider proof box ever.. EVER

[@galaxytraveler5779]

This guy looks like he couldn't be done with this story fast enough 😂

[@FeisarX]

The real reason Australia is fine with being quarantined.

[@_peepyopee]

Australia doesn’t need this shit right now

[@mikkelnpetersen]

Alternate title: Australia, the home of NOPES have found another NOPE.

[@livelyupmyself1]

So what size are we talking to compared to an average adult huntsman?

[@xfiles4792]

Do you sell dead funnel web spiders encased in acrylic?

[@comcastjohn]

We are getting in the colder months here in the US. Must be nice having warmer months.

[@enzedbrit]

If Dan Andrews controlled the park, he’d insist that all staff be injected with anti-venom every six months

[@minifalda6611]

The tree dwelling northern funnel web is easily three times that size. Had one on the dishrack one night.

[@martynohara8101]

There is speculation that the Northern tree funnel web is even more toxic to primates than the Sydney FW.

[@minifalda6611]

@@martynohara8101 I'd believe it.

[@minifalda6611]

@@martynohara8101 ours was almost the size of the local wolf spider. It would have fit nicely on my palm.