Women first!
A female will eat the male after mating as she needs the energy to produce her eggs.
Spider silk is amazing!
It's lighter than cotton, a thousand times thinner than human hair, yet 5 times stronger than steel.
No tarantula can kill you.
More people are killed by refrigerators every year than by tarantulas.
Lifespan: Females live around 20 years. Males live around 2 - 4 years
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Size: Maximum of around 6 inches in length
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Threats: Birds, reptiles, mammals
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Distribution: Native to Chile
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Habitat: Desert and scrub habitats
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Appearance: The overall colour is brown to black with rose-hued hair on the hard-shell upper body. A tarantula's fangs fold under the body, meaning that it must strike downward to impale its prey
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Diet & Feeding: Nocturnal predator of small arthropods. Prey is injected with venom and enzymes that begin breaking it down into ingestible fluids
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Social Behaviour: They live solitary lives in small underground burrows
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Males and females: The female is often bigger than the male and also tends to be more aggressive
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Lifespan: 15-20 years
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Number of young: The female produces large egg sacs, usually containing in excess of 500 eggs. The female will carry the egg sack under her body protecting it until the eggs have hatched
Unlike other most other spiders, tarantulas do not catch prey in webs. They stalk and attack their prey similar to a jaguar
