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The redback spider (Latrodectus hasselti), also known as the Australian black widow, [2] [3] [4] is a species of highly venomous spider believed to originate in Australia but now, Southeast Asia and New Zealand, it has also been found in packing crates in the United States with colonies elsewhere outside Australia. [5]
Deadliest animals as of 2016 [1]. This is a list of the deadliest animals to humans worldwide, measured by the number of humans killed per year. Different lists have varying criteria and definitions, so lists from different sources disagree and can be contentious.
The red-backed salamander (Plethodon cinereus) is a small, hardy woodland salamander species in the family Plethodontidae.It is also known as the redback salamander, [3] eastern red-backed salamander, [3] or the northern red-backed salamander to distinguish it from the southern red-backed salamander (Plethodon serratus).
A cleaning company has been fined $171,000 after federal investigators found 11 children working a "dangerous" overnight shift at a meat processing plant in Iowa.
The last time this many young Americans were living with a parent, relative, or sibling, it was 1940 — just one year out from the Great Depression.
By the summer of 2020, the pandemic had forced about 3 million young adults to move back in with their parents or grandparents, according to CNBC. Eighty percent of them were believed to be ...
It is believed that thousands of people are bitten each year across Australia by the redback spider, although only about 20% of bite victims require treatment. [ 59 ] Besides the funnel-web spider and the redback spider, there is also the mouse spider which can cause severe illness in young children, although serious cases are rare.
A male redback is able to successfully mate with a female katipō producing hybrid offspring. However, a male katipō cannot mate with the female redback as the male katipō is heavier than the male redback, and when it approaches the web it triggers a predatory response in the female leading to the male being eaten before mating occurs. [11]