SYDNEY: A Filipino visiting Australia has had his legs amputated and could also lose his arms after being bitten by a white-tailed spider.

Terry Pareja, a father of two, was visiting his family in the Victorian country town of Birchip, 300 kilometers northwest of Melbourne when he was bitten by the spider on his right leg.

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