BOY ON MEND AFTER BITE FROM DEADLIEST SPIDER

A 10- year- old boy in Australia was bitten by the world’s deadliest spider but made an “incredible” recovery after being given the largest dose of antivenin in history. Matthew Mitchell started sweating and began to froth at the mouth after he was bitten on his hand by a male funnel- web spider while putting away his shoe at his home in the north of Sydney. He was taken to hospital and recovered after re- ceiving 12 vials of antivenin. “I’ve never heard of it — it’s incredible,” said Tim Faulkner, a wildlife expert. “It would have been a fatal bite without antivenin, there’s little to no doubt of that.” Typically, funnel-web bites require three to five vials of antivenin. The funnel-web is often considered the most deadly in the world because of its fast-acting venom, which can kill within as little as 15 minutes.