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Arachnophobes, look away now.

In yet more horrific creepy crawly-related news, four new sub-species of tarantula with massive penises have been found.

It’s only a few days since we were distressed by the discovery of giant 16inch stick insect with a wingspan comparable to a small bird’s in Australia.

But now researchers say the four new tarantula species are so distinct they form their own genus, called satyrex.

The four species have been found in the Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa, and they have the longest palps – the name of the reproductive appendages used for mating – ever recorded in tarantulas.

One of them, the satyrex ferox, has palps measuring up

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