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Brazilian Wandering Spider

By: Meg Dilts

A bite from the world's deadliest spider, the Brazilian Wandering Spider is unlikely to kill a human. Myths or fact?

Fact.
The Guinness Book of World Records considers the Brazilian wandering spider to be the world’s deadliest spider. This is based on the spider’s venom being able to kill a certain number of mice. However, for a human, a bite from a Brazilian spider, or any spider for that matter, is not likely to kill instantly. Only 7% of the cases of bites from the Brazilian Wandering Spider require antivenin. Additionally, of 7000 reported bites from the Brazilian wandering spider, only a few deaths have been recorded, less than 1% of those bitten.

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