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.

What's next?

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

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[–] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

It is misleading.

How speed is measured:

Spiders were placed in a box with grid paper at the bottom, and a high-speed camera recording from above.

Comment from author:

He noted that while 3.59 metres per second was the absolute top speed, about as fast as a human jogging, it was only for "a fraction of a second".

"What we call maximum speed, is measured over very short periods of time," he said.

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  • [–] [S, A] 4 points 4 months ago

    It’s not misleading at all, a cheetah can only run a relatively small distance at top speed yet no one would claim it’s not the fastest runner just because a human can run further.

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