Scientists discover bigger, more venomous species of deadly funnel-web spider 😳

[Christopher Hitchens]

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Australian scientists have discovered a new species of the deadly funnel-web spider that is bigger and more venomous than its relatives, nicknaming it "Big Boy."

In research released Monday, scientists from the Australian Museum, Flinders University and Germany's Leibniz Institute discovered there are three species of Sydney funnel-web spiders instead of one. Scientists have named the 3.54-inch-long species Atrax christenseni, with a nickname of "Big Boy." Common Sydney funnel-web spiders, in comparison, can grow up to nearly 2 inches.

 

[Bad Hippo]

 

[wiggins]

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I just love the mini nuke stuff. Have you seen the back pack bombs or the Davy Crocket?

 

[Absolution]

We don't have funnel web spiders in Melbourne Australia, but we do have red-back spiders and white-tail spiders amongst others! "Sydney's a hole"😂

 

[Bad Hippo]

I just love the mini nuke stuff. Have you seen the back pack bombs or the Davy Crocket?

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Back in the good ol' days when soldiers running around with tactical nukes were thought to be the next new step in warfare.

 

[wiggins]

Back in the good ol' days when soldiers running around with tactical nukes were thought to be the next new step in warfare.

I read the other day that the Delta Dagger (Convair) had nuclear tipped air to air missiles as their accuracy was not too flash. They said that the Russians were scared shitless of them but not half as much as the US pilots who had to carry them.

F-102 Delta Dagger's Weapons Bays Combined Rockets And Missiles In A Feat Of Cold War Ingenuity

It was the Air Force's first supersonic interceptor. In order to obtain that title, it carried its weapons internally via some remarkable engineering.

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This one's interesting. Pilot punched out due to a flat spin. Aircraft then came out on of it on its own and gently landed on snow and slid to a stop, motors still idling. Fixed and flew again...

 

[Bad Hippo]

I read the other day that the Delta Dagger (Convair) had nuclear tipped air to air missiles as their accuracy was not too flash. They said that the Russians were scared shitless of them but not half as much as the US pilots who had to carry them.

F-102 Delta Dagger's Weapons Bays Combined Rockets And Missiles In A Feat Of Cold War Ingenuity

It was the Air Force's first supersonic interceptor. In order to obtain that title, it carried its weapons internally via some remarkable engineering.

www.twz.com

Nuclear was the future, or so they thought. They tried nuclear-powered bombers, they tried nuclear-powered trains, nuclear powered cargo ships.... but either the technology was too heavy, or there were public doubts about the safety of such things.

 

[ZeroK]

I just love the mini nuke stuff. Have you seen the back pack bombs or the Davy Crocket?

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W9 280mm nuclear howitzer shell

 

[Grand Mal Caesar]

Those scientists are assholes. Why did they have to go and discover more shit like that for?

 

[wiggins]

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If ww2 had continued, or if we'd gone up against the Russians before they'd got the bomb, this stuff would have been common...

 

[Dr Deacon]

You need to fall into a pit full of these things and get bitten to death, you drug addled attention seeking liberal rapist.

 

[j.f.🔎]

Tell me again when they can swim half way round the world.

 

[Asspipe]

I just love the mini nuke stuff. Have you seen the back pack bombs or the Davy Crocket?

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That’s cool as hell

 

[tedkaczynski1B]

From CBS News:


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Full article:

Australian scientists have discovered a new species of the deadly funnel-web spider that is bigger and more venomous than its relatives, nicknaming it "Big Boy."

In research released Monday, scientists from the Australian Museum, Flinders University and Germany's Leibniz Institute discovered there are three species of Sydney funnel-web spiders instead of one. Scientists have named the 3.54-inch-long species Atrax christenseni, with a nickname of "Big Boy." Common Sydney funnel-web spiders, in comparison, can grow up to nearly 2 inches.

Australia and her wonderful animals that can flatline people just by existing