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a fanged teddy bear that bleeds blue and throws barbed hairs when annoyed.
means A large, hairy spider of the family Theraphosidae, often feared but generally not dangerous to humans.
from From the Italian town of Taranto, by way of the medieval Latin 'tarantula.' The name originally belonged to a different creature entirely — the wolf spider of southern Italy, whose bite was blamed for 'tarantism,' a frenzied dancing affliction supposedly cured by the whirling folk dance called the tarantella. When European explorers met the big hairy spiders of the New World, they borrowed the scary old name and pinned it on the wrong animal — a case of mistaken identity that stuck for good.
- blue blood
- Copper-based hemolymph, not iron-based like ours
- hair bombs
- Kicks itchy abdominal hairs at threats
- liquid lunch
- Dissolves prey externally, then slurps it
- long haul
- Females can live over 30 years
- name origin
- Named after Taranto, Italy, not the species
sydney funnel-web spider — most venomous spider in australia; kills humans with 0.1mg venom
brazilian wandering spider — phoneutria; considered most venomous spider, found in south america
goliath birdeater — largest tarantula species in venezuela; leg span up to 12 inches