I personally love huntsman. I handle them without any probs, and no not every aussie handles spiders. We\'re not all like The croc hunter.
Huntmans aren\'t aggressive, but they can be quite large, the body itself can end up larger then your hand. My father came across once this large only once so far in his life atm.
It was in a steal letter box, its body was inside and the legs were hanging out over the top edges. Dad and Gramps, opened the letter box and it jumped out, ran up and along the fence making shit loads of noise.
