00:00:03a much larger and more frightening
00:00:12spider sometimes wanders into our homes
00:00:17it strike is so deep it must be torn
00:00:21from the limb but it’s too late
00:00:28she’s been bitten by the Sydney
00:00:30funnel-web spider perhaps the most
00:00:33dangerous spider in the world
00:00:36without medical intervention she could
00:00:39die within the hour
00:00:40male funnel-web bytes deliver a powerful
00:00:44venom known as a Trachsel toxin
00:00:50the toxins reached the circulatory
00:00:52system in approximately two minutes
00:00:55and can kill in 15 symptoms include
00:00:59mouth tingling twitching tongue profuse
00:01:03salivating watery eyes sweating and
00:01:06muscle spasms
00:01:09after two hours most subside only to be
00:01:13replaced with respiratory distress and
00:01:16cardiac arrest
00:01:21Sydnee funnel webs are easy to spot
00:01:24large spiders with glossy black heads
00:01:27and dark brown bodies they’re best known
00:01:31for their massive fangs most spider’s
00:01:36fangs are pincer-like but the funnel
00:01:40webs are hardened and act like daggers
00:01:44to work these daggers
00:01:47they must raise their bodies up and
00:01:49strike down
00:01:52they strike repeatedly and with enough
00:01:57force to penetrate a human toenail
00:02:05you
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