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Is the Sydney funnel web actually the world's most venomous spider? Are we safe from funnel web spiders if we don't live in Australia? Today, we're peeling back the curtain on one of the most dangerous groups of spiders on Earth, and uncovering the secrets of their venom, their evolution, and exactly what makes these terrifying arachnids tick.
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academic.oup.com/cz/article/69/6/766/6759644
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK535394
jbc.org/article/S0021-9258(19)59640-5/fulltext
#funnelweb #venomous #spiders
Is the Sydney funnel web actually the world's most venomous spider? Are we safe from funnel web spiders if we don't live in Australia? Today, we're peeling back the curtain on one of the most dangerous groups of spiders on Earth, and uncovering the secrets of their venom, their evolution, and exactly what makes these terrifying arachnids tick.
Sources:
https://journals.australian.museum/gray-2010-rec-aust-mus-623-285392/
web.archive.org/web/20130528170428/http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/media/funnel-web-fangs/?ar_a=1
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/spiders/funnel-web-spiders-group/
spiderspotter.com/en/webs/100-funnel-webs
https://www.uky.edu/Ag/CritterFiles/casefile/spiders/funnel/funnel.htm
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0041010103003386?via%3Dihub
web.archive.org/web/20170912224114/https://australianmuseum.net.au/uploads/journals/17159/777_complete.pdf
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9658043
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11727706/pdf/12862_2024_Article_2332.pdf onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb06760.x
https://biomedicalsciences.unimelb.edu.au/departments/department-of-biochemistry-and-pharmacology/engage/avru/discover/spiders/funnel-web-spiders-atrax-robustus-and-hadronyche-sp.
theguardian.com/environment/2017/feb/24/australias-biggest-ever-antivenom-dose-saves-boy-bitten-by-funnel-web-spider
web.archive.org/web/20200723155645/http://www.anaesthesia.med.usyd.edu.au/resources/venom/spiders.html#FUNNELWEB
https://imb.uq.edu.au/blog/2020/04/funnel-web-spider-shows-vulnerable-side-moulting
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8816710
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001457930301175X
link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01373859
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2071519
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0742841391900939?via%3Dihub
webmd.com/alzheimers/cholinesterase-inhibitors-alzheimers
https://imb.uq.edu.au/fantastic-%E2%80%98long-toothed%E2%80%99-kgari-funnel-web-spider
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4529710
https://journals.australian.museum/media/Uploads/Journals/19162/1556_complete.pdf
academic.oup.com/cz/article/69/6/766/6759644
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK535394
jbc.org/article/S0021-9258(19)59640-5/fulltext
#funnelweb #venomous #spiders
