fizzle comments on Australia's huntsman fastest spider recorded in new study

submitted 4 months ago by Quokka [A] to c/australia

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In short:

Australia's brown huntsman spiders are the fastest, according to a study, yet to be peer-reviewed, of 258 species.

According to the study, huntsman spiders can move at 3.59 metres per second.

More research is needed to confirm if there are other, faster species out there that have not been investigated.

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[–] fizzle 5 points 4 months ago

I think the "3.59 metres per second" statistic is very misleading.

The farthest I've ever seen one run is about 40cm, and I doubt they can sustain any kind of speed over any greater distance.

Mind you, that 40cm was across a ceiling, and not moving away from me.