Attaching spyware on the world's most venomous spider is a delicate operation

It's a brave scientist who makes a career out of gluing tracking devices to the heads of the world's most venomous spider.

But University of NSW researcher Caitlin Creak grew up near bushland, surrounded by spiders.

Plus, she gasses them to be safe.

The UNSW PhD candidate is investigating the behaviour of the male Sydney funnel-web to learn how to predict seasonal variations in the funnel-web population, and identify when they are high risk to humans.

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