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Meet the Big Boy Spider and Its Deadly Funnel Web Relatives
There are big spiders, and then there’s the Newcastle ‘Big Boy.’ First described in the early 2000s, this spider is the ...
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'Big boy' spider becomes Australia's largest and deadliest arachnid after surprise discovery
Atrax christenseni was named for Kane Christensen, former head of spiders at the Australian Reptile Park, who first described ...
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Big Boy Is Here and He’s the Most Venomous Spider in the World
Atrax christenseni owes its name to Kane Christensen, a Central Coast spider enthusiast who first brought the Newcastle ...
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A venomous Australian spider turns out to be 3 species, not 1
Also dubbed “Big Boy,” the Newcastle funnel-web is new to science and is named after Kane Christensen, a former employee at ...
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Meet "Big Boy": Deadly giant spider discovered in Australia
The discovery was made by spider enthusiast Kane Christensen, whose contribution is honored in the Latin species name. Atrax christenseni reaches 4 inches, making it almost twice the size of the ...
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Bigger and more venomous species of funnel-web spider discovered in Australia
A larger and more venomous species of one of the world's deadliest spiders has been confirmed by Australian scientists. Nicknamed 'big boy', it can grow up to 9cm (3.54 inches) compared with 5cm ...
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Australian scientists discover bigger species of deadly funnel web spiders
The new funnel-web species has earned the nickname "Big Boy" and was first discovered in the early 2000s near Newcastle, 170 km (105 miles) north of Sydney, by Kane Christensen, a spider ...