The Australian Reptile Park in New South Wales is urging Sydney residents to carefully collect funnel-web spiders and their ...

Funnel-web spiders collected for the Sydney zoo are used to create the antivenom used to treat the spider's dangerous bite Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

Residents who find funnel-web spiders are asked to collect them and donate them to Australian Reptile Park so they can be ...

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The Australian Reptile Park is asking the public to capture the Sydney funnel-web spider, one of the most dangerous species ...

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Teni added that the zoo is relying "on spider donations more than ever." Egg sacs are particularly useful as they contain ...

In one demonstration, Ms Teni advises using a long spoon to carefully guide the spider and its egg sac into a secure jar. “We ...