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As an Aussie I can tell you that we are about %58 sure that this thing is, indeed, both the only giant spider getting around and is in fact extinct.

You mean there are even bigger spiders?

Shocking! A giant spider even bigger than their giant spiders currently!

Friggin Australia

...and how giant was it?

Please for the love.... DON'T BRING IT BACK

I want to know how big this spider was!! Giant spider - EEK!

Its body measured about 23 millimeters long (under an inch), making it roughly five times larger than its modern-day relatives. (Lol despite online posts, it was not the size of a dinner plate or a human)

So, even millions of years ago, Australia was breeding animals that wanted to kill everything. Glad to see that hasn't changed 😳

I’ve seen that spider , it’s in the Hobbit.

PJ filmed in the right area of the world

I’m a fossil Hound , always looking .

Define “giant”?

Im not sure how I feel about that..

Spiders have never had the molecular size of giant millipedes, etc., over the past 500 million years. This is due to their physiological restrictions; such as their lung system, a giant exoskeleton would crush spider tissue, its hydraulic leg system would fail & circulatory system collapse.

Of course it's was Australia

People envisioning shelob but its really just a tarantula

(sorry ... overly obscure humor ... all spiders are "eight feet")

Yeah, I saw these in 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s horror monster movies!