The brown huntsman timed as the fastest spider at a top speed of 3.59 m/s – video
Brown huntsman spiders were filmed to measure their speed. The 2021 research has been included in new analysis of the speeds of more than 250 spider species by scientists in the UK and Germany, which concludes the brown huntsman, Heteropoda jugulans, has a top speed of 3.59 m/s, making it the fastest of all spiders measured. The study includes research supervised by Dr Christofer Clemente, an evolutionary biomechanist at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland
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Researchers from the UK and Germany analyzed the running speeds of over 250 spider species. Their findings, which included 2021 footage of brown huntsman spiders, showed that Heteropoda jugulans reached a top speed of 3.59 meters per second, making it the fastest measured spider species in their dataset.
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Brown huntsman spiders were filmed to measure their speed. The 2021 research has been included in new analysis of the speeds of more than 250 spider species by scientists in the UK and Germany, which concludes the brown huntsman, Heteropoda jugulans, has a top speed of 3.59 m/s, making it the fastest of all spiders measured. The study includes research supervised by Dr Christofer Clemente, an evolutionary biomechanist at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland
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Brown huntsman spiders were filmed and measured for speed in 2021 research The measurement recorded a top speed of 3.59 m/s Scientists from the UK and Germany analyzed speeds across more than 250 spider species The brown huntsman (Heteropoda jugulans) was the fastest spider measured in this analysis Dr Christofer Clemente from the University of the Sunshine Coast supervised research contributing to the study
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- Brown huntsman spiders (Heteropoda jugulans) were measured at a top speed of 3.59 m/s in 2021 research
- This makes them the fastest spider species among more than 250 species analyzed
- The study involved scientists from the UK and Germany, including Dr Christofer Clemente from the University of the Sunshine Coast