MONSTERS ON MARCH
Daily Star Sunday|August 11, 2024
Biggest spider beats extinction
DOMINIK LEMANSKI
MONSTERS ON MARCH

THOUSANDS of spiders the size of rats are on the march.

Britain’s biggest arachnid – said to be as big as a man’s hand – was on the verge of extinction 14 years ago.

But numbers of the Fen Raft Spider have surged following a successful campaign by conservationists.

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