The Australian Reptile Park, the only supplier of funnel-web antivenom, is calling on the public to carefully collect and donate spiders to help create vials of the lifesaving treatment.

Australia residents should take notice when they appear, as the Sydney funnel-web spider is one of the most venomous spiders in the world. An untreated bite can kill a person within an hour.

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Getty A zoo in Australia is enlisting the public's help to catch and collect deadly funnel-web spiders to save lives. The Australian Reptile Park, located near Sydney, Australia, shared on ...

While nobody has died since, each November, the Australian Reptile Park issues a callout to residents to collect the spiders and their eggs if they find them in public and donate them to the park.

However, there is a valiant reason behind the ask from The Australian Reptile Park in Sydney, New South Wales. They are urging Sydneysiders to help catch funnel-web spiders and their egg sacs to ...

The venomous bite of the funnel-web spider, which is indigenous to eastern Australia, has been known to kill a human in as little as 15 minutes without medical treatment. The species is responsible ...

The Australian Reptile Park in New South Wales, the country's sole supplier of funnel-web spider anti-venom, has launched its annual call for public assistance during the spiders' breeding season.