Reptile park seeks identity of anonymous donor after ‘Megaspider’ donation

Published November 16, 2021 4:37pm ET



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An Australian reptile park is seeking to know the identity of an anonymous donor after receiving a “Megaspider.”


An Australian reptile park is seeking the identity of an anonymous donor who mailed in the “BIGGEST” spider of its kind, with fangs powerful enough to “bite through a human fingernail.”

The funnel web spider has been named “Megaspider,” according to a press statement from the Australian Reptile Park. While normal funnel spiders are between 1 and 5 centimeters, the Megaspider, which is described as being the biggest known spider of its kind, measures in at about 8 centimeters and has fangs approximately 2 centimeters lengthwise.

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