The Largest!

[viper69]

 

[8 legged]

Never saw one in natural, didn't know that they are on the smaller side.

 

[The Snark]

Der Engrish langwidge wantses a colon, semi colon, a hyphen, a comma or just them olde three dots.... between Biggest Funnel Web Spider and Interview. Demonstrate demarcation of the sentence elements, please.
Otherwise, Steve Irwin's 15 minute exposé of these tykes kind of leaves that interview in the dust.

The video needs a follow up reporting venom yield in comparison to the average size.

 

[Hardus nameous]

On the down side, now Hercules can't breed and pass on his size genetically.

 

[RezonantVoid]

Saw this the other day and had a little chuckle, I've had undescribed Hadronyche larger than this and I know for certain my old girls were far from the biggest FW's around in collections

 

[Charliemum]

If he was that big n rare n gives that much venom yield you would think they would breed him in the hope of more big spiders with super yields.
Is it hard to breed them @RezonantVoid ?

 

[RezonantVoid]

If he was that big n rare n gives that much venom yield you would think they would breed him in the hope of more big spiders with super yields.
Is it hard to breed them @RezonantVoid ?

Atracids are easy to breed and easy to grow big depending on the species. I'd say they are one of the easier myg families to breed, but if you want giants just get yourself a Hadronyche valida, infensa, cerberea or sp. Barrington Tops. The biggest species, formidabilis, is almost legendary down here but almost nobody actually has them in collections.

Even Atrax robustus, the species in the vid above, are well known for reaching similar sizes. I was surprised how much of a store this guy caused in the media

 

[Charliemum]

Atracids are easy to breed and easy to grow big depending on the species. I'd say they are one of the easier myg families to breed, but if you want giants just get yourself a Hadronyche valida, infensa, cerberea or sp. Barrington Tops. The biggest species, formidabilis, is almost legendary down here but almost nobody actually has them in collections.

Even Atrax robustus, the species in the vid above, are well known for reaching similar sizes. I was surprised how much of a store this guy caused in the media

I don't understand why they rely on ppl bringing them in rather then breeding their own then.
Surly if he gives a massive amount of venom it would be better to breed him in the hope they get others of his sp with bigger venom amounts.
Probably me just being thick lol am sure they have a reason.

 

[RezonantVoid]

I don't understand why they rely on ppl bringing them in rather then breeding their own then.
Surly if he gives a massive amount of venom it would be better to breed him in the hope they get others of his sp with bigger venom amounts.
Probably me just being thick lol am sure they have a reason.

I've wondered this myself but I think it's mostly due to the amount of time it takes to raise them to adulthood, and then only have like half of all the time and resources invested into them turn out male. While Atracids are pretty quick growers, bare in mind they are still mygs, so one can expect at least a full year or 2 before you'll end up with any maturing.

Wild males can at least be saved from an otherwise doomed fate on the bottom of somebody's shoe if people know they can drop them off. The only issue is, there is ONE species out of 50+ species along the entire east coast and south across to Adelaide used to make antivenom; Atrax robustus. People seem to constantly assume that any species that remotely resembles a funnelweb can be mailed to them for venom extraction, so they probably get loads of random ones that aren't of any use at all by relying on this method

 

[The Snark]

The only issue is, there is ONE species out of 50+ species along the entire east coast and south across to Adelaide used to make antivenom; Atrax robustus. People seem to constantly assume that any species that.......

This is something that Steve Irwin showed us through inference many times in his videos and endeavors. Even your average outback Aussie is next to clueless about the local animals. The all crocs are estuarian, all large snakes are king Browns, all large spiders are Robustus mentality. One motivation of his is seen in those videos of him thrilling crowds at the zoo. What got downplayed was him explaining each of them has their own personalities and quirks. He had several that he would not enter into their enclosures with and pretty much gave up early on trying to explain why he relocated most of the crocs back into the wild.

 

[Charliemum]

I've wondered this myself but I think it's mostly due to the amount of time it takes to raise them to adulthood, and then only have like half of all the time and resources invested into them turn out male. While Atracids are pretty quick growers, bare in mind they are still mygs, so one can expect at least a full year or 2 before you'll end up with any maturing.

Wild males can at least be saved from an otherwise doomed fate on the bottom of somebody's shoe if people know they can drop them off. The only issue is, there is ONE species out of 50+ species along the entire east coast and south across to Adelaide used to make antivenom; Atrax robustus. People seem to constantly assume that any species that remotely resembles a funnelweb can be mailed to them for venom extraction, so they probably get loads of random ones that aren't of any use at all by relying on this method

So not just me it doesn't make sense to then . Even if it took that long to raise them with in a few years they would have more venom for anti venom then they could shake a stick at and a constant source and they would know for sure they had the right spood. I suppose then it wouldn'tbe worth as much.
I understand it saves the spood from a shoe but being milked to death isn't a great life either and definitely doesn't benefit the spoods.

I dread to think what happens to the poor spiders that aren't the right sp. I doubt very much they release them again very sad.

 

[The Snark]

but being milked to death isn't a great life either and definitely doesn't benefit the spoods.

That is another common misconception. With very few exceptions the best cared for and most pampered animals are those kept for medicinal and some utilitarian purposes. It's only logical. They need animals in the very peak of health, kept in the cleanest possible circumstances.
-In a lab a tech went to get a test subject dog. Upon seeing her the dog went bananas, literally climbing the walls. Let out it dashed down the down the hall, scratched at the lab door and let in, leaped on the exam table and lay down, tail wagging furiously. It was wearing surgical style booties to keep it's paws clean.
-Optical lab, a tech speaking and cooing at a Latrodectus, peeved when one kept insisting on making a web in the wrong location: "Over here you silly thing! I know, I know, your just in it for all those scrumptious bugs."
-Out in a pasture. I'm no piker when it comes to caring for horses bur condition those horses were in put the rich kids pampered pets to shame. Then they followed us around like a pack of friendly dogs hoping for another petting - grooming. One parked in front of me demanding attention and held up a hoof so I obliged and checked it. Wow. A keeper explained the farrier checks every horse once every two weeks.