Meet the largest spider in the world

She's the same size as a puppy. And just as cute?

Mon, 20 Oct, 2014 - 11:52

Ciara Flaherty

When entomologist Piotr Naskrecki was traveling through the South American rainforest, he was 'lucky' enough to come across a very rare animal species.

On his blog, he describes how it happened:

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