BIRD-EATING SPIDERS AT THE ZOO.
Two of the largest bird-eating spiders ever seen at the London Zoo have justi arrived from Brazil. Nearly one foot in expanse ,witli poison fangs fin long and huge hairy bodies, they are probably the most replusive creatures imaginable. One of them is quite docile, but the other will unhesitatingly' attack. Its method is to rear itself on the hinder legs holding the front pair in the air ready to get .a grip of the hand that seeks and plunge its fangs into the ‘flesh.. Another of its taeiie is to brush its fur with hind leg causing stinging hair to float ground, and if these settle on the human skin the effects are very painful.
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Hokitika Guardian, 28 September 1928, Page 3
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