{"id":172759,"date":"2023-03-21T12:33:30","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T12:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=172759"},"modified":"2023-03-21T12:33:30","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T12:33:30","slug":"terrifying-giant-new-trapdoor-spider-discovered-in-australia-and-it-bites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/terrifying-giant-new-trapdoor-spider-discovered-in-australia-and-it-bites\/","title":{"rendered":"Terrifying giant new ‘trapdoor’ spider discovered in Australia \u2013 and it bites"},"content":{"rendered":"
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    An absolutely terrifying new giant spider species has been discovered in Australia, with the rare, red beast potentially biting those that come across it.<\/p>\n

    Living in the woodland regions of Queensland, Australia, the horrifying "trapdoor" beast can be found in the Brigalow Belt for those interested in facing down a giant creature.<\/p>\n

    Its crab-like colour and chilling legs are as eerie as it gets, but with a 1.2inch diameter around its head, the arachnid hides in black soil and burrows away in the dirt of Eidsvold and Monto.<\/p>\n

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    Deriving its name from the Latin for dignity and greatness, the Euoplos Dignitas is anything but, with the feral-looking creature an absolute horror.<\/p>\n

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    Queensland Museum's primary arachnologist, Michael Rix, said: "The females, which are the larger trapdoor spiders of the two sexes, they're almost five centimetres in body length.<\/p>\n

    "They've got these really cryptic trapdoors in these woodland habitats on the ground and most people wouldn't even realise that they're there."<\/p>\n

    Those "big, beautiful" creatures are absolutely massive and it would appear the species spends years hidden away in burrows.<\/p>\n

    Dr Rix, speaking to ABC News, added: "The males of this species are what we sort of call a really honey-red colour \u2014 they're really quite stunning."<\/p>\n

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