Australian Barking Spider (Selenocosmia Crassipes) Whistling Tarantula

If you want something fast and furious… this is not a bad option. It’s as sleek as a super car and just as fast. These guys will bolt out, grab a prey item and vanish again in the blink of an eye.

A mean killing machine. The Queensland Whistling/Barking Spider is a perfect example of that theory. Reaching a lifespan of up to 30 years Perfect spider to pun in your will. Not only this, they’re lightning fast, grow huge and they possess striker bristles on their chelicerae/fangs, which are responsible for the hissing sound that gives this tarantulas it’s fame.

This tarantula is suspected to have a medically significant venom, although it’s still uncertain just how potent it is in humans. However bite reports involving full grown large dogs like Alsatians and Doberman’s, show that in some cases the dog was stone dead within 30 minutes of a bite. It’s suspected that the male possesses more potent venom than the females as this is usually the species running about looking for a mate when a hapless dog should happen to find it and investigate.