{"id":82,"date":"2026-04-28T12:07:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T12:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/82\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T12:07:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T12:07:20","slug":"massive-huntsman-spider-in-brisbane-austrlia-is-stuff-of-nightmares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/82\/","title":{"rendered":"Massive huntsman spider in Brisbane, Austrlia is stuff of nightmares"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\"Massive
\n\t\tIs this the biggest huntsman ever discovered?\u00a0(Picture: Barnyard Betty\u2019s Rescue\/Facebook)<\/p>\n

Even if you don\u2019t have a problem with spiders this must surely be a little terrifying.<\/p>\n

The mammoth huntsman, which has been named Charlotte, was pictured crawling over a broom on an animal rescue farm in the Brisbane Valley in Australia.<\/p>\n


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The pictures, which were taken last year,\u00a0have\u00a0only just emerged on social media and have left a lot of people freaking out.<\/p>\n

The good news for\u00a0Arachnophobes, if there is any, is that a huntman\u2019s bite isn\u2019t dangerous to humans.<\/p>\n

The pictures emerged in the same week a man drove his car into a lake<\/a> after one jumped on to his arm.<\/p>\n

\t\t\"Massive
\n\t\tIt was spotted on a farm in Queensland, Australia (Picture: Barnyard Betty\u2019s Rescue\/Facebook)<\/p>\n

There are some suggestions the arachnid could be the biggest huntsman ever discovered.<\/p>\n

But it would still have some way to go before reaching the size of the Goliath Birdeater which can reach up to a foot.<\/p>\n

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