Freaky photos of giant spiders on social media may have revealed dozens of new species.
鈥淲hen people see an animal that they think is frightening or dangerous, the most common response is to take a photo and post it to social media,鈥 says , previously at the University of Pretoria in South Africa and now at Harper Adams University, UK.
In 2013, Campbell got involved with some 鈥渕assive spider nerds鈥, who drove around at night watching for spiders on the road and 鈥渢ickling鈥 tarantulas out of their burrows with blades of grass. 鈥淚 sort of got drawn into that…
