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Funnel-web spider venom record broken again! 🕷️

29K views · 481 reactions | ️FUNNEL-WEB VENOM RECORD BROKEN! ️ After many years, Keeper Jake has taken the title of new record holder for the most amount of Funnel-web venom extracted in a year! Each drop is deadly and keepers work incredibly hard to milk each spider carefully. Since the introduction of the anti-venom program in 1981, not one single person has died from being bitten by a Funnel-web spider. | Australian Reptile Park | Facebook

87K views · 151 reactions | The Reptile Park needs heroes… the eight-legged kind! ️ Head of Spiders, Emma, needs new funnel-web spiders for the antivenom program, to help save lives every year. Got one in your backyard? Find out how to safely catch and donate it today to add to our venom program! | Australian Reptile Park | Facebook