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  2. Pathophysiology of spider bites - Wikipedia

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    The neurotoxic venoms of the Sydney funnel-web spider and the Brazilian wandering spider are both known to have lethal complications. For the Brazilian wandering spider only 1 out of 200 bites is serious, [ 24 ] in part because they appear to be capable of biting without injecting venom. [ 25 ]

  3. List of medically significant spider bites - Wikipedia

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    The Australian funnel-web spiders (family Atracidae), such as the Sydney funnel-web spider Atrax robustus (a mygalomorph spider, not to be confused with the araneomorph funnel-weaver or grass spiders) are regarded as among the most venomous in the world. They react vigorously to threats and, reputedly, will more often attempt to bite than run away.

  4. Spider bite - Wikipedia

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    Children may have fewer complications from bites. [45] Funnel web spider bites are few 30–40 per year and 10% requiring intervention. The Sydney funnel web and related species are only on the east coast of Australia. [46] [10]

  5. The 7 Types of Spider Webs and the Incredible Spiders That ...

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    Perhaps the most famous group of spiders that construct funnel-shaped webs is the Australian funnel-web spiders. There are 36 of them and some are dangerous as they produce a fast-acting and ...

  6. Scientists name new species of ‘unusually large’ spider in ...

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    “While funnel-web bites are the most severe among spiders, they are not very common. If you are bitten by a funnel-web spider, call an ambulance and go straight to hospital,” toxicologist ...

  7. Macrothele - Wikipedia

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    Macrothele is a genus of mygalomorph spiders in the family Macrothelidae, and was first described by A. Ausserer in 1871. [3] Most of the species in the genus occur in Asia, from India to Japan, and Java, with five found in Africa, and two in Europe. [1]

  8. Delta atracotoxin - Wikipedia

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    A bite of a male funnel-web spider, though, led to the death of almost all mice and guinea pigs. Although the male spider's venom seems to be more potent, male spider bites cause mild transient effects in dogs and cats. Most primates, including humans, appear to be extremely sensitive to the funnel-web spider's venom. [7]

  9. Hadronyche formidabilis - Wikipedia

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    The species is very similar to the ground-dwelling Darling Downs funnel-web spider (Hadronyche infensa); the male northern tree-dwelling funnel-web spider distinguished by its knobby spur on the tibia of the second pair of legs, which the male Darling Downs funnel-web spider lacks. [6] Trapdoor spiders are more brown overall in colour. [6]