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Goliath birdeater

Theraphosa blondi
Sobre o nome: The 'bird-eating' part of the name comes from an early 18th-century copper engraving by Maria Sibylla Merian that shows one eating a hummingbird.1
Só doeDoe, pero non che fará un dano grave.
Perigo para as persoas: DolorosoPode doer moito, pero case nunca é grave.

The Goliath birdeater is a huge tarantula and the largest spider in the world by mass and body length. It lives in the rainforests of northern South America, including the Amazon. Although it can look frightening, its venom is mild and it rarely bites people.1

Vive en
Northern South America: Suriname, Guyana, French Guiana, northern Brazil, eastern Colombia and southern Venezuela1
América do Sur
Inicio
It lives in upland rainforest, most noticeably in the Amazon, and is often found in marshy or swampy ground. It lives on the ground in deep burrows and is active at night.1
Lonxitude
13 cm (5,1 in)1
Peso
175 g (6 oz)1
Velocidade máxima
uns 2,4 km/h (1,5 mph)
En terra, estimación aproximada
Que come?
It eats other large arthropods, worms and amphibians, and will also kill insects and small land vertebrates. It drags prey back to its burrow, where it liquefies the insides and sucks them dry. It has been seen feeding on rodents, frogs, toads, lizards and even snakes.1
De verdade!Foto de Goliath birdeater
Goliath birdeater. Foto: Didier Descouens. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Como recoñecelo

  • Large body, up to 13 cm long, with a leg span of up to 30 cm1
  • Mostly tan to light brown, with a golden tinge1
  • Colours range from dark to light brown, with faint markings on the legs1
  • Covered in hair on the body, abdomen and legs1
  • Adult males lack tibial spurs on their first pair of legs1

Poder da pezoña

Morde

A pezoña sae polos seus cairos ou dentes cando morde.

Que fai a súa pezoña?

Like all tarantulas, it has fangs and venom, but its venom is relatively harmless. Its effects are comparable to those of a wasp sting. Some bites are 'dry bites', meaning no venom is injected.1

Que perigoso é para as persoas?

Perigo para as persoas: DolorosoPode doer moito, pero case nunca é grave.

Tarantulas generally bite people only in self-defence. Its venom is comparable to a wasp sting. Its urticating hairs, which it releases when threatened, are a severe irritant to skin and mucous membranes.1

Que fai cando ten medo?

When threatened, it rubs its setae together to make a hissing sound, and rubs its abdomen with its hind legs to release irritating hairs.1

Se morde

  • Lava a mordedura e arrefríaa. Busca axuda médica se a dor é forte ou a persoa se sente mal.

Chama sempre primeiro ao teu número de emerxencias (112, 000, 911). Isto son consellos xerais de primeiros auxilios, non consello médico. Primeiros auxilios básicos

Mantente a salvo

  • Nunca toques, collas nin molestes un animal salvaxe, aínda que sexa pequeno e aínda que pareza durmido ou morto.
  • Déixalle espazo. Se atopas un, mantén a calma, recúa amodo e déixao ir polo seu camiño.
  • Se un te morde: mantén a calma, non te movas, chama ao teu número de emerxencias (112, 000, 911) ou vai rápido a un hospital. Lembra como era, unha foto axuda.

Non vai a por ti. Usa a súa pezoña para cazar comida ou para defenderse, e prefire con moito agocharse. Máis sobre como estar a salvo

Que tamaño ten?

Canto mide?

Goliath birdeater mide uns 13 cm (5,1 in)Un clip uns 3 cm (1,2 in)Un móbil uns 15 cm (5,9 in)

Canto pesa?

pesa coma 1,5 bananas
mide coma 4 pezas de construción de xoguete en filapodería percorrer 100 metros en 150 segundos (o humano máis rápido precisa 9,6)

Que tamaño ten Goliath birdeater comparado CONTIGO?

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Que rápido é?

paga a pena sabelo

Datos

1

It is the largest spider in the world by mass and body length, and is second only to the giant huntsman spider by leg span.1

2

Its fangs measure 2 to 4 cm, large enough to break human skin.1

3

It is an edible spider. In northeastern South America, the hairs are singed off, and the spider is roasted in banana leaves.1

4

Its flavour has been described as 'shrimp-like'.1

5

Its body length is far greater than that of Mongolarachne, the largest known prehistoric spider, which measured 2.46 cm.1

6

Females rarely eat males during mating, unlike some other spider species.1

Desmontamitos

Mito: The Goliath birdeater eats lots of birds.

Verdade: Despite its name, it rarely preys on birds. Its diet is mostly other large arthropods, worms and amphibians.1

Para expertos en pezoñas

Nome científico
Theraphosa blondi
Grupo
Tarántulas e arañas de tea en funil
Familia
Theraphosidae2
Orde
Araneae
Continentes
América do Sur
Crías
The female lays 100 to 200 eggs, which hatch into spiderlings within 6 to 8 weeks.1
Perigo para as persoas
2 / 5: Doloroso3

De onde veñen os datos

  1. Goliath birdeater (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Theraphosa blondi (iNaturalist): nomes e clasificación.
  3. Venom Wiki: o nivel de perigo, o tamaño típico e a velocidade estimada son nosos. Mira como os calculamos: Como valoramos o perigo.

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