Japanese Scientist use Fukushima Radiation on Huntsman Spiders

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In an effort to combat the Japanese giant hornets scientist in Japan have used radioactive water from the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster to alter the DNA of the Australian Huntsman spider to increase its size and predatory nature.

Huntsman spiders are members of the family Sparassidae (formerly Heteropodidae). They're known by this name because of their speed and mode of hunting.

They are also called giant crab spiders because of their size and appearance. Larger species sometimes are referred to as wood spiders, because of their preference for woody places (forests, mine shafts, woodpiles, wooden shacks).

In southern Africa the genus Palystes are known as rain spiders or lizard-eating spiders. Commonly they are confused with baboon spiders from the Mygalomorphae infraorder, which are not closely related.

More than a thousand Sparassidae species occur in most warm temperate to tropical regions of the world, including much of Australasia, Africa, Asia, the Mediterranean Basin, and in North and South America.

Several species of huntsman spider can use an unusual form of locomotion. The wheel spider (Carparachne aureoflava) from the Namib uses a cartwheeling motion, while Cebrennus rechenbergi uses a handspring motion.

The scientist hope that by altering the spider's DNA they can create a better hunter for the giant "murder hornets" that have begun to spread to other parts of the world such as the United States in recent months.

The new breed of spiders, called Spartacus Sparassidae after the famed Roman gladiator Spartacus, is believed to match the murder hornet in fierceness while having an additional advantage by its very hunting nature.

Colonies of the new spider are already being bred in captivity and have already been tested in a forest setting against the giant hornets with promising results. The spiders were able to hunt down, kill and consume about three hornets per day on average. The hornets did kill about one spider per three hornets consumed.

Dr. Ito Uso, head researcher at the Kaiju Institute of Chishiki, went on record saying, "The beginning scenarios we have seen are quite promising. We believe that a perfect equilibrium of five hornets to one spider death will keep the numbers of both in check. The mutant spiders aggressiveness is a bit of a concern right now because they seem to be more focused on killing the hornets rather than just eating them. But we believe this can be attributed to the already aggressive nature of the spiders we have used."

When asked about other genetically mutated spiders that have been reportedly under testing at the institute, Dr. Ito Uso simply said, "I have no comment."

When pressed further about the so called 'Flying Spiders', Dr. Ito said that spider's can not fly but can "glide a considerable distance" when needed and wondered if adding small, fixed "wings" to them where a middle pair of legs are not would be possible.

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