FAST SPIDERS.
As a rule, spiders are quite harmless to man, but one or two foreign species are. capable of doing mischief. Thengreat hairy spicier of the South American pampas, for instance, has long, black, sickle-shaped jaws, which inflict severe wounds, and . the effects of the poison are sometimes felt for many years after the bite is given. But an even more objectionable spider is found on the same pampas. It is very large, very active, and of extraordinarily bad temper. Men on horseback who ventured- to approach within ten feet of it, says "Science Siftings," have bsen pursued for thirty yards, the spider keeping up with a trotting horse. This irritable individual is called "the king of spiders."
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 46, 23 February 1901, Page 2 (Supplement)
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119FAST SPIDERS. Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 46, 23 February 1901, Page 2 (Supplement)
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