'Megaspider' Capable Of Piercing Human Fingernails

Australian zoo has a new addition that’s getting mega-attention: a “megaspider” that measures three inches from foot to foot, with fangs that are nearly an inch long. Officials at the Australian Reptile Park in Somersby, New South Wales, say the arachnid is the largest funnel-web spider the park has ever seen. anonymous donor apparently gifted the spider to the park, where it is now being used in an antivenom program. The park said it will “milk” the spider’s venom and send it to a pharmaceutical company in Melbourne that will turn it into antivenom. The park estimates that its antivenom program saves up to 300 lives per year.