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  • It's A Species Of Tarantula on Random Facts About The Goliath Birdeater, An Unexpectedly Gentle Giant

    (#6) It's A Species Of Tarantula

    Goliath birdeater spiders are taxonomically classified as Theraphosa blondi. They belong to Arachnida Class, Aranea Order (spiders),  Mygalomorphae Suborder, and Theraphosidae Family. The latter makes them tarantulas, a family of spiders containing at least 947 species. Tarantulas are typically large spiders with hair on their legs and abdomen and two tarsal (at the end of the their legs) claws.

    They are burrowing creatures that pose no serious threat to humans and can live as long as 30 years in the wild.  

  • They Can Regenerate Lost Limbs Through A Molting Process on Random Facts About The Goliath Birdeater, An Unexpectedly Gentle Giant

    (#2) They Can Regenerate Lost Limbs Through A Molting Process

    Like many tarantulas, Goliath birdeaters molt past maturity, meaning they continually produce new skin and shed old skin, as do snakes. The process by which Goliath birdeaters molt can also be used to regenerate lost limbs. 

    If a Goliath birdeater loses a leg, it increases fluid pressure in its body to pop off part of its carapace, or the hard shell covering the animal. It then pumps fluid from its body to its limb to force old skin off and creates new skin in the shape of the lost limb, which is filled with fluid until it becomes a solid leg. The spider then regrows the lost part of its carapace. This process can take as long as several hours, and the spider exists in an vulnerable state, its exposed parts the texture of rubber, until it is full regenerated. 

  • Like All Tarantulas, Their Eyesight Is Terrible on Random Facts About The Goliath Birdeater, An Unexpectedly Gentle Giant

    (#5) Like All Tarantulas, Their Eyesight Is Terrible

    Despite what you may surmise from looking at them, Goliath birdeaters are not perfect killing machines. Like all tarantulas and most spiders, they have incredibly poor eyesight. To make up for this, tarantulas hunt by sensing vibrations on the ground. When they feel something, they pounce on their prey and subdue it with venom.

    Tarantulas make up for poor eyesight by hunting at night, putting them on equal footing with anything that isn't an owl. Or Predator. But why would a tarantula hunt Predator? 

  • They're Relatively Harmless To Humans on Random Facts About The Goliath Birdeater, An Unexpectedly Gentle Giant

    (#12) They're Relatively Harmless To Humans

    The Goliath birdeater really just wants to be left alone. The only time they attack humans is when threatened. If you keep your distance, you'll be fine. While Goliath birdeaters are venomous spiders, they usually won't use their venom on humans. If they do, at worst you'll suffer some pain and swelling; their venomous bite is likened to a wasp sting. 

    However, they usually deliver a dry bite, or one with no venom. 

  • Females Live For Decades, Males A Few Years on Random Facts About The Goliath Birdeater, An Unexpectedly Gentle Giant

    (#9) Females Live For Decades, Males A Few Years

    Female Goliath birdeaters have an average lifespan of 10 to 15 years but can live as long as 25 years in the wild. Males live three to six years, since they die not long after their first successful mating and reach sexual maturity at some point between the ages of three and six years. The longest a male has lived after mating is a year.

  • They Make Defensive Sounds Like Those Of A Rattlesnake on Random Facts About The Goliath Birdeater, An Unexpectedly Gentle Giant

    (#10) They Make Defensive Sounds Like Those Of A Rattlesnake

    When threatened, Goliath birdeaters rub their legs together to make an intense hissing that sounds like a rattlesnake. The sound is meant to scare potential threats so the spider doesn't have to fight for its life.

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