Ancient Arachnid?

Goliath Bird-eating Spider

Recently, I was watching a wildlife program where the tv presenter was getting rather over-excited by a spider.  Mind you, the spider was cool (it even had an incredibly cool name: the Goliath Bird-eating Spider.  Sounds impressive, no?).  However, what excited the presenter the most was how old this particular arachnid was.  "This spider is ANCIENT! It's at least 25-30 years old - ANCIENT!!!!!"

If that is what constitutes ancient then what hope is there for the rest of us???*

*Please note that this message was written by a greater than 30 year old and therefore may be *slightly* biased