tarantula

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With leg spans up to 11 inches across, this tarantula can turn just about anything smaller than itself into dinner, including frogs, lizards, mice and, of course, birds.

From Scientific American

The zoo also has lions, tigers and elephants, as well as the Goliath bird eating tarantula, the African pancake tortoise and the tomato frog.

From Washington Post

Kevin can slide down the stairs on his sled, land a clothes iron on Marv’s face, zipline down to his treehouse, break the shelves that release Buzz’s tarantula, drop a paint can, and more.

From The Verge

So his lab began investigating the workings of a wide range of unpleasant natural substances: toxins from tarantulas and coral snakes, capsaicin from chili peppers and the chemicals that make horseradish and wasabi so pungent.

From New York Times

“I concentrate on having to move slowly because if they frighten, they could fall” and could die, he said, showing off a colorful and somewhat venomous Mexican tarantula in the palm of his hand.

From Seattle Times