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Joshua A. Krisch

What is the deadliest spider in the world?

A venomous Sydney funnel-web spider (Atrax robustus) shows its fangs. (Image credit: Ken Griffiths via Getty Images)

Spiders are common critters. And, as almost all of Earth's 43,000 known spider species are venomous, it is likely that most people have encountered a venomous spider at one point or another. 

So that's the bad news. The good news, however, is that of these, only 25 species are known to have killed or caused serious harm to humans. But which spider is the deadliest?

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