Oz boy survives spider bite

– 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 antivenom.

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.

“It sort of clawed on to me and all the legs and everything crawled around my finger and I couldn’t get it off,” he said.

He experienced convulsions but survived after being given 12 vials of antivenom, which local media said was an Australian record. – AFP