Spiders crossed 10,000 km in ocean to reach Australia: Study

The trapdoor spider, which usually doesn't move over few metres from its hatching place, likely travelled the 10,000 km Indian Ocean stretch from South Africa to reach Australia, as per an Australian research. Scientists found, African and Australian spiders diverged 2-16 million years ago, which was before the split of Gondwana supercontinent joining Africa and Australia, 95 million years ago.