Mum terrified after finding huge huntsman spider with 200 babies lurking inside son's toy

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spider guarding 200 babies lurking inside her son's toy truck.Brooke Thorpe shared a viral photo of the creepy sight showing the enormous hairy spider sitting on its bulging egg sack.She said her two-year-old nephew had brought her the truck as her son played on Tuesday.Huntsman spiders are renowned for their enormous size, with males able to achieve a leg span of up to 12 inches.While many adults would have been terrified by the giant spider, her son remained calm and is "pretty happy with his cool find".

Brooke, from Tasmania, Australia, told the Daily Mail: "We have her in a safe spot and once she's finished, my son can have his toy back." Arachnologist Dr Robert Raven, from the Queensland Museum, estimates that there were between 100.