Curly Haired Tarantulas Flashcards
Is it a spider?
No
(Why? Fangs face downwards, true spiders face each other like a pincer)
How many different type of tarantula are there?
900
No tarantula in the world can kill you?
Bute is like a bee sting
What do they eat and when?
Bugs, bites in to them and turns them in to bug soup and drinks them up, every other week
Can go a year without eating
How delicate are they?
If you drop them they will die
What does it do when it’s scared?
Flicks its hairs with its legs of its back, really itchy if they land on you
Not spiders they are…
Arachnids (different body different behaviour)
Very docile, very easy to handle but…
If you hold them too much they might bite
The largest tarantula in the world is.. and can grow as big as…
Goliath bird eater can grow as large as a dinner plate
Why do the female live longer? And how long?
Females live 20 years and males live 5 years
Females eat the males after mating
How many eggs do females lay? And how?
They lay 100 eggs and cover them with webs making an egg sack
She guards the eggs for 3 weeks until they hatch
