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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dave Jay" data-source="post: 130022" data-attributes="member: 27677">Terrible article really, listing spiders as dangerous but in the text saying that the effects of a bite are mild. Funnelwebs and redbacks are dangerous and require antivenom but for the most part the spiders listed aren't deemed venomous enough to warrant an antivenom being developed. I like the huntsman being listed as dangerous because they jump out at you in the car! That much is true at least, they seem to like sleeping in cars then coming out to see what's going on when you start driving, distracting for sure!Also, I recently saw an advert for a newly discovered species of dwarf Phlogius that supposedly can be kept communally.</blockquote>