Google “funnel web spider” and you’ll be hit by a barrage of videos and features screaming warnings about the “world’s deadliest spider”. While this is a contested title – and many advocate for the Black Widow or the Brazilian Wandering Spider as more lethal – most experts agree that an untreated funnel web bite is the likeliest to lead to death (although, as we will go on to explain, that still doesn’t mean likely).
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