Of Course Australia Has Drop-Off Centers for Deadly Spiders

Sun, 15 Nov 2015 13:12:35 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<http://www.wired.com/2015/10/of-course-australia-has-drop-off-centers-for-deadly-spiders/>

"You definitely don’t want to get bitten by Australia’s funnel-web
spider, which roams Sydney and the country’s east coast at large. But
those who do—and survive, thanks to that precious antivenom—will have
the Australian Reptile Park to thank."

Not one death since the antivenom became available.

Via Kam-Yung Soh and Sue Travers.

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