![There are more than 1200 species of the huntsman spider.](/web/20170406060920im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/l/p/x/2/0/image.related.wideLandscape.460x259.gvcvg3.png/1491222068638.jpg)
I, for one, do not welcome our new arachnid overlords
A new poll has discovered that 49 per cent of sensible adults who answer my polls on Twitter think huntsman spiders will definitely kill us all, while 51 per cent of respondents are gullible idiots destined to die screaming as the human pudding sacks of these gigantic, horrifying arachnassassins.