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Did you Know? List of Facts about the Tarantula
Facts are statements which are held to be true and often contrasted with opinions and beliefs. Our unusual and interesting facts about the Tarantula, trivia and information, including some useful statistics about animals will fascinate everyone from kids and children to adults.

Interesting Facts about the Tarantula are as follows:

  • Fact 1 - Definition: The tarantula is a hairy and often very large spider belonging mainly to the family Theraphosidae. They are found in Europe, Asia, Africa and America. The tarantula has two body parts, the abdomen and the thorax and 8 legs. Some tarantulas are dull brown, while others can be brightly colored

  • Fact 2 - Tarantulas are also referred to as the hunting spider, wolf spider, baboon spider, earth tigers, bird-eating spider
  • Fact 3 - The name 'tarantula' derives from the town of Taranto in Southern Italy
  • Fact 4 - There are 900 species of tarantulas
  • Fact 5 - All tarantulas can produce silk
  • Fact 6 - The claws of tarantulas are used to grip surfaces for climbing
  • Fact 7 - Only some tarantulas are poisonous
  • Fact 8 - The biggest tarantula is Pseudotherathosa apophysis, which has a leg span of about 13 inches (33 cm).
  • Fact 9 - Tarantula spiders are considered a delicacy in Cambodia
  • Fact 10 - The majority of North American tarantulas are brown and are not closely related to wolf spiders
  • Fact 11 - Other species are colored blue, black with white stripes and some have yellow leg markings and orange abdomens
  • Fact 12 - Their mouth parts have fangs and also contain contain the venom glands
  • Fact 13 - Two or three retractable claws are at the end of each leg of the tarantula

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