It’s what nightmares are made of.
A town in Australia has been infested with 25,000 venomous tarantulas according to reports this week.
Yes, you did read that right. 25 THOUSAND.
The tarantulas were discovered in Maningrida, Australia located approximately 500 kilometres outside of Darwin.
Speaking about the terrifying discovery, arachnologist Dr. Robert Raven stated that the spiders would not have enough venom to kill humans.
Images are a representation.
“[The discovery] is so far off the scale, it’s unbelievable,” he told the Sydney Morning Herald.
“Normally, I find two or three hundred spiders in one spot,” he stated.
“It’s one of the beauties of science, being able to say ‘I don’t know’,” he reflected, before adding that the venom would not be strong enough to kill humans.
There are 25,000 of them in the town.
“One of the traditional owners was bitten in eastern Australia and had six to eight hours of vomiting,” he added.
“These are not shallow bites. Long fangs can potentially do damage by ripping tissue.”
Great, we bet that’s extremely reassuring for residents… not.
Though according to the Sydney Morning Herald, locals have been taking tours to the 10 kilometre region where the spiders are.
Would you take part in research of the spiders?
He later suggested that he would be keen to find people to carry out research on the species and when asked why he would not research it himself he said: “Someone young can take over, you’d need to be able to run.”
*Gulps*
But don’t worry… apparently he meant you’d need to be able to run from pigs and buffalos…
Sure. We believe you.
