‘LEARN HOW TO SAFELY CATCH FUNNEL-WEBS’: SYDNEYSIDERS TASKED WITH HUNT FOR VENOM AS SPIDERS’ BREEDING SEASON BEGINS
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✍️ The Australian Reptile Park is calling on residents to help collect funnel-web spiders and their egg sacs to produce antivenom, which has saved hundreds of lives.
👉 The Australian Reptile Park is calling on residents to help collect funnel-web spiders and their egg sacs. 👉 The collected spiders are raised at the park for their venom, which is used to create antivenom. 👉 The program has saved hundreds of lives, with no recorded deaths from funnel-web spider bites in four decades.
-- #EmmaTeni #NicoleWebber #KarenWright #MatthewWright #Sydney #Gosford #Newcastle #Nowra #Lithgow #mainstream #health
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