A ginormous and deadly funnel-web spider has been handed in to a reptile park in Australia, where staff said it was the ...

This week the Australian Reptile Park welcomed a lethal new resident who they say is the biggest male funnel-web spider ever recorded at 9.2cm from ‘foot to foot’ – and he is named Hemsworth.

Hemsworth is the biggest funnel-web ever recorded by the Reptile Park. PICTURE: Supplied Captured around Newcastle and handed in at one of the Park’s spider drop-off centres, Hemsworth will join ...