This huge hairy-legged Australian arachnid may be the fastest spider on the planet
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Key context: <p>A brown huntsman<em> </em>is the quickest of more than 250 species analysed by scientists in the UK and Germany</p><p>If arachnophobes were not frightened enough by the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/oct/24/australia-giant-spider-mouse-carry-horrifying-impressive">horrific ability of Australia’s huntsman spiders to drag dead mice up the sides of fridges</a>, they now have another reason.</p><p>They might be the fastest spiders on the planet.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/09/fastest-spider-on-the-planet-brown-huntsman">Continue reading...</a> This development from The Guardian highlights ongoing changes in the sector.
A brown huntsman is the quickest of more than 250 species analysed by scientists in the UK and GermanyIf arachnophobes were not frightened enough by the horrific ability of Australia’s huntsman spiders to drag dead mice up the sides of fridges, they now have another reason.They might be the fastest spiders on the planet. Continue reading...
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