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Tarantula

Tarantula. By: Rizalina Cabahug Period 3. Basic Information. Tarantulas have eight legs, two big fangs, and are really hairy. There are about 800 species of tarantulas. The female tarantulas are larger than the male tarantulas.

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Tarantula

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  1. Tarantula By: Rizalina Cabahug Period 3

  2. Basic Information • Tarantulas have eight legs, two big fangs, and are really hairy. • There are about 800 species of tarantulas. • The female tarantulas are larger than the male tarantulas. • Unlike spiders, tarantulas don’t wait for their prey they catch it by pursuit. • Tarantulas have eight tiny eyes that can only see light versus dark. • Tarantulas have very sharp pointy hairs that can scratch their enemy’s eyes and cause blindness.

  3. Habitat • Tarantulas mainly live in the forest on tree trunks. • Some also live on silk-lined burrows on the ground. • The other 40 or different kinds of tarantulas live warm grounded places like the desert in the south-west.

  4. How tarantulas impact humans • Tarantulas impact humans by their venom by finding cures.

  5. Food Chain • Predators of a tarantula are weasels, hawks, skunks, owls, and snakes. But the tarantulas worst enemy is a Spider Wasp. The one predator that the tarantula should be afraid of are humans. • Tarantula’s preys are beetles, grasshoppers, moths, millipedes, and other spiders. Larger tarantulas eat small snakes, lizards, frogs, toads, and roosting birds.

  6. Something Unique about the Animal • When tarantulas mate, the male tarantula creates a sperm web. • After creating the sperm web, the male tarantula drops some of its sperm onto the web. • So then the sperm droplets just flow into the female tarantula. • Finally when the mating is over, the male tarantula escapes before the female tarantula tries to kill him.

  7. Ancestors • Tarantulas belong to the family of Theraphosidae. • They are characterized having feet with two claws and two claw tufts. • When humans discovered about these large, hairy looking spiders they ended up naming them “Tarantula.”

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