Example Sentences

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Tarantulas are often vilified in movies, but they are actually shy, slow-moving and reluctant to bite.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2025

Tarantulas lack sharp color vision, but these colors are so bright, “it’s pretty reasonable to say this is something meant to be seen,” Echeverri says.

From National Geographic • Sep. 27, 2023

Tarantulas infected by jeffdanielsi suffer from non-functional fangs and eventually die of starvation.

From Salon • Jan. 20, 2022

Tarantulas don't have very good vision, after all.

From The Verge • Nov. 27, 2015

Tarantulas looped from gutters, and pumpkins flashed and growled.

From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett