Brazilian Wandering Spider, World’s Deadliest Spider

March 12th, 2008 by admin | Filed under animal, world record.

The Brazilian Wandering Spider is considered the world’s deadliest spider. This spider kills around five people a year. Symptoms include immediate pain, heavy perspiration and drooling. They often hides in bunches of bananas.

The Brazilian wandering spiders (Phoneutria spp.), Armed spiders (“aranhas armadeiras”, as they are known in Portuguese) or banana spiders (not to be confused with the relatively harmless species of the genus Nephila) are a genus of aggressive and highly venomous spiders found in tropical South and Central America. These spiders are members of the Ctenidae family of wandering spiders. The Brazilian wandering spiders appear in the Guinness Book of World Records 2007 for the most venomous animal.

Link

2 Responses to “Brazilian Wandering Spider, World’s Deadliest Spider”

  1. kitchen cabinets says:

    I have been attempting temporarly for finding a exceptional content articles focused on this one topic . Checking out in Bing I now located this blog post. Reading this post I am truly satisfied to enunciate that I get a fine feeling I uncovered exactly what I wanted. I will make certain to remember this site and go here consistently.

  2. Spider Pictures | Spider Pictures | 10 Dangerous Animals in Australia   says:

    [...] Brazilian Wandering Spider, World's Deadliest Spider [...]