Sydney funnel web spider bite on human. Its bite is capable of causing serious illness or death in humans if left untreated. The sydney funnel web spider is a species of venomous mygalomorph spider native to eastern australia usually found within a 100 km radius of sydney. A increase font size.
These spiders may be more dangerous than black widows because their fangs are longer and they can inject more venom deeper into the skin. The worlds most potentially dangerous spiders when they bite people are the sydney funnel web spiders and brazilian wandering spider. The guinness world records rank the sydney funnel web spider as the most toxic species when it comes to their effect on humans.
The sydney funnel web has a body length ranging from 1 to 5 cm. Both sexes are glossy and darkly coloured ranging from blue black to black to shades of brown or dark plum coloured. In terms of speed of death in australia we say funnel web 15 minutes no sweat.
It is a member of a group of spiders known as australian funnel web spiders. Their fangs are capable of going right through a fingernail. It causes fibrillation constant firing of the nerves in humans.
As she was bitten on her finger she let out an almighty scream. The spiders venom is a neurotoxin. The funnel web classically speaking is considered the worlds deadliest spider because it kills so quickly.
One land dwelling animal that has the history to back up those claims is the funnel web spider with venom that can kill a human in just 15 minutes. The crawler was in fact a two inch wide male funnel web spider six times more toxic than a female and one of the worlds most deadly spiders with a bite that can kill in just 15 minutes. From sharks and box jellyfish in the sea to snakes and spiders on land australia has a reputation for being filled with animals ready to kill you.
The sydney funnel web spiders venom contains a compound that is highly toxic to humans and other primates although the venom of the female appears to be less potent than that of the male. The bite of the sydney funnel web spider atrax robustus and northern tree dwelling funnel web spider hadronyche formidabilis are potentially deadly but no fatalities have occurred since the introduction of modern first aid techniques and antivenom.