Australia's new nightmare: World's fastest spider
Edited By WION Video Desk
Published: Jul 10, 2026, 23:12 IST | Updated: Jul 10, 2026, 23:12 IST
Scientists have filmed the brown huntsman spider achieving record-breaking speeds.
A brown huntsman is the quickest of more than 250 species analysed by scientists in the UK and Germany. In this story we break down the discovery, compare speeds to humans and rats, and explain why this matters for urban wildlife and ecology.
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