A new species of Funnel Web Spider nicknamed 'Big Boy' found in Australia gives 'copious amounts of venom,' a scientist says.
<p>SYDNEY — Australian scientists have discovered a bigger, more venomous species of the Sydney funnel-web spider, one of the world's deadliest.
</p><p>In research released on Monday, scientists from the Australian Museum, Flinders University and Germany's Leibniz Institute said the &quot;Big Boy&quot; would be classified as a separate&am
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