World Jul 09, 2026 · 1 min read

This huge hairy-legged Australian arachnid may be the fastest spider on the planet

A brown huntsman is the quickest of more than 250 species analysed by scientists in the UK and GermanyIf arachnophobes were not frightened enough by the horrific ability of Australia’s huntsman spiders to drag dead mice up the sides of fridges, they now have another reason.They might be the fastest...

The Guardian

by Graham Readfearn, Nick Evershed and Andy Ball

This huge hairy-legged Australian arachnid may be the fastest spider on the planet

A brown huntsman is the quickest of more than 250 species analysed by scientists in the UK and Germany

If arachnophobes were not frightened enough by the horrific ability of Australia’s huntsman spiders to drag dead mice up the sides of fridges, they now have another reason.

They might be the fastest spiders on the planet.

Source

This article was originally published by The Guardian and written by Graham Readfearn, Nick Evershed and Andy Ball.

Read original article on The Guardian

Back to Discover

This huge hairy-legged Australian arachnid may be the fastest spider on the planet

Reading List