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Fastest Spider

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October 7, 2015
By April Overall

What is the fastest spider in the world?

A. House spider
B. Lynx spider
C. Gladiator spider

Correct! A. The fastest spider on record is the house spider. A 1970 experiment tracked just how fast a female house spider could run and found that this spider gained speeds up to 1.9 km/hr. That means in just 10 seconds flat, it covered a span that was 330 times greater than her own body length!

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