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It’s Halloween, so things are getting a little creepy. 🎃 Don’t blame us if your skin starts to crawl. In this Halloween special, Alex discusses one of the largest species of spiders on Earth: tarantulas.
“The largest species of tarantula is called the Goliath Birdeater. And I don’t think they could’ve made that name sound scarier if they tried. Its leg span can get up to 11 inches long and it can weigh around 170 grams. This means that their leg span is almost twice as long as the average Chipotle burrito.”
Organizations
- American Tarantula Society
- The National Wildlife Federation
- International Union for Conservation of Nature
Sources
- How Spiders Work
- Tarantula
- Animal Fact Sheet: Tarantula
- Tarantula Facts
- Are Tarantulas Poisonous?
- Tarantulas the Size of Your Head? Yeah, We Need to Save Them, Too.
- A Few Words in Defense of Tarantulas
- Role of the Lungs
- Tarantula Guide: Molting
- What Spiders Have Blue Markings?
- Bizarre Horseshoe Crabs Are Actually Spider Relatives
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