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Arachnophobes, look away: Egg sac teems with deadly funnel-web spider hatchlings

Published  October 10, 2019 6:42am EDT
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AUSTRALIA - The Australian Reptile Park in Somersby, New South Wales, released a terrifying video on October 10 of deadly funnel-web hatchlings crawling out of an egg sac.

The footage shows dozens of spiders emerging as the sac is peeled apart with tweezers.

More than 30 species of the highly dangerous funnel-web spider live in Australia, according to the Australia Reptile Park.

The best-known is the Sydney funnel-web spider, which is found only within a 160 km radius of Sydney.