UhhhhhSome of you guys are calling these animals killing machines and mean and nasty. They are none of those things.
You are, however, idiots.
I too saw a national geographic or discovery channel episoide on venom toxicity and the funnel web spider. Apparently, and for reasons no one has been able to conjecture (at the time of the show), the venom of the funnel web spider is eerily optimized for primates nervous systems and no one seems to know why. The same spider can bite a dog or a cat and nothing would happen to the animal (again, debates abound as to why).so maybe the athropode with the most toxic venom for a human being is the sidney funnel web spider......
That's part of the reason why I do not understand postings like this one. The question "What has the most deadly venom, scorpion or spider?" is too obscure of a question. Deadly how? Funnel Webs are deadly to people but harmless to dogs, cats, and tons of other animals.
Venom targets systems, so I do not believe it makes sense to ask which venom is more potent without mentioning which particular system you are referring to when you ask about the venom.
fallacy.Does anyone respect the lives of the crickets? They are all invertebrates incapable of any thought, pain or emotion.
Hypocrites.
From what I've seen and read, no one knows why funnel web spiders venom developed to be as dangerous to primates as it is. It could be accidental evolution (i.e. the same venom that is optimal for disbling their prey happens to be dangerous to primates..australia always has had very strange evolutionary paths)I'v always been curious to know wich type of venom from wich species has the worst effect on a human. even though this is not neccesarily the case on animals. i know L.Q can kill a dog and a funnelweb cannot. i guess its venom has evolved to be particularly dangerous to primates. maybe this has to do with its evolution for primates having these spiders for dinner every time. and other animals don't. i don't know.
Although my reason for this question is the same reason for any other question. it is based on my curiosity. It is just difficult to get the answer on this one.
another reason to doubt this research is to question why only heart tissue was used. i don't know if the venom has the same effect on the nerves:?