内容摘要：In September 2019 the company withdrew its original plans, but returned in 2020 with an updated £40m ($50m) proposal featuring a water park, monorail, swimming pool, hotel and restaurants.

In September 2019 the company withdrew its original plans, but returned in 2020 with an updated £40m ($50m) proposal featuring a water park, monorail, swimming pool, hotel and restaurants.

The pipette she uses to remove the venom from the fangs is attached to a suction hose - crucial for collecting as much venom as possible, since each spider provides only small amounts.While a few drops is enough to kill, scientists need to milk 200 of these spiders to have enough to fill one vial of antivenom.

A marine biologist by training, Emma never expected to spend her days milking spiders. In fact, she started off working with seals.But now she wouldn't have it any other way. Emma loves all things arachnid, and goes under various nicknames - spider girl, spider mama, even "weirdo", as her daughter calls her.Friends, family and neighbours rely on her for her knowledge of Australia's creepy crawlies.

"Some girls arrive home to flowers on their doorstep," jokes Emma. "For me it's not unusual to arrive home to a spider in a jar."Spiders represent just one small part of what the Australian Reptile Park does. It's also been providing snake venom to the government since the 1950s.

According to the World Health Organisation, as many as 140,000 people die across the world from snake bites every year, and three times that many are left disabled.

In Australia though, those numbers are far lower: between one and four people each year, thanks to its successful antivenom programme."We all feel super safe in that area," French singer Louane told the BBC earlier this week.

"It means when you encounter a blue carpet, you're not allowed to have your phone out to film or take pictures or anything."The result is a much calmer atmosphere in the Eurovision camp. After the tensions of 2024, the class of 25 have even set up a WhatsApp group to cheer each other on.

"It's such a nice thing to have everybody so supporting each other," says Claude, who is representing the Netherlands."Like, if somebody forgot something in their home country, they'd just be like, 'Does somebody have like, a charger?' and the reply would come, 'Oh yes, you can come pick it up at my hotel room'. It's so fun!"