The spider clung to the card for a few seconds before returning to the wreath atop the casket
spider
It is the poisonous funnel-web spider
"Opened the bag, everything fine, turned the bananas over and all I saw was this huge dark mass hanging on to the bananas"
Being bigger than the average human hand means you can take on large prey & not many animals will want to fight you
Scientists don't know if the newly-discovered tarantula is rare or threatened, as areas like Sri Lanka are incredibly biodiverse
It was recently discovered in Angola
“We found the Australian funnel-web spider peptide was better at killing melanoma cancer cells and stopping them from spreading"
Dr Maria Ikonomopoulou started her research in Queensland
The spider with a scorpion-like tail was found perfectly preserved in amber
Arachnophobia is a serious condition