Anti-venom saves boy from spider

A 10-year-old Australian boy has survived a bite from one of the world’s deadliest spiders after taking a record 12 vials of anti-venom, local media reported Friday.

Matthew Mitchell was helping his dad clear out the back shed at their home north of Sydney when he was bitten on the finger by a funnel-web spider that had been lurking in his shoe.

His family used his shirt as a compression bandage to try and slow the venom’s spread and rushed him to hospital.