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Goliath birdeater

Theraphosa blondi

Ka lebitso: 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

E utlwisa bohloko feelaE a utlwisa bohloko, empa e ke ke ya o lematsa haholo.

Di-tarantula le di-funnel-web

Ho lomaE ja: Nama

Kotsi ho batho: E bohlokoE ka utlwisa bohloko haholo, empa hoo e batlang e le kamehla ha e kotsi haholo.

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

E phela

Northern South America: Suriname, Guyana, French Guiana, northern Brazil, eastern Colombia and southern Venezuela1

Amerika Borwa

Lapeng

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

Bolelele

13 cm (5,1 in)1

Boima

175 g (6 oz)1

Lebelo le phahameng

e ka bang 2,4 km/h (1,5 mph)

Naheng, kakanyo feela

E ja eng?

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

Foto ya Goliath birdeater — Goliath birdeater. Foto: Didier Descouens. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Ho e tseba jwang

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

Matla a chefo

Ho loma

Chefo e tswa ka meno a yona a chefo (fangs) kapa ka meno a mang ha e loma.

Chefo ya yona (eo e e kenyang ka ho loma kapa ho hlaba) e etsang?

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

E kotsi hakae ho batho?

Kotsi ho batho: E bohlokoE ka utlwisa bohloko haholo, empa hoo e batlang e le kamehla ha e kotsi haholo.

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

E etsang ha e tshohile?

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

Haeba e loma

Hlatswa moo e lomileng teng mme o pholise. Fumana thuso ya bongaka haeba bohloko bo le matla kapa motho a ikutlwa a kula.

Kamehla letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso pele (112, 000, 911). Ena ke tataiso e akaretsang ya thuso ya pele, hase keletso ya bongaka. Metheo ya thuso ya pele

Dula o bolokehile

O se ke wa ama, wa tshwara kapa wa tena phoofolo ya naheng, leha e le e nyenyane, le leha e shebahala e robetse kapa e shwele.
E fe sebaka. Ha o kopana le yona, dula o kgutsitse, kgutlela morao butle mme o e tlohele e tsamaye ka tsela ya yona.
Haeba e nngwe e o loma: dula o kgutsitse, o se ke wa sisinyeha, letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso (112, 000, 911) kapa o ye sepetlele kapele. Hopola hore e ne e shebahala jwang, foto e a thusa.

Ha e o batle. E sebedisa chefo ya yona ho tshwara dijo kapa ho itshireletsa, mme e kgetha ho ipata. Ho eketsehileng ka ho dula o bolokehile

Hokae lefatsheng?

Afrika Asia Yuropa Amerika Leboya Amerika Borwa Australia le Oceania

E kgolo hakae?

E telele hakae?

E boima hakae?

e boima jwaloka dibanana tse 1,5

e telele jwaloka diboloko tsa ho bapala tse 4 molenge ka matha metara e 100 ka metsotswana e 150 (motho ya potlakang ka ho fetisisa o hloka 9,6)

Goliath birdeater e kgolo hakae ha e bapiswa le WENA?

Ke dipalo feela ka hara sebatli sa hao. Ha ho letho le bolokwang kapa le romelwang kae kapa kae.

E potlaka hakae?

Kgudu e ka bang 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Goliath birdeater e ka bang 2,4 km/h (1,5 mph)

Motho ya tsamayang e ka bang 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

ho molemo ho tseba

Dintlha

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ho senya ditshomo

Tshomo: The Goliath birdeater eats lots of birds.

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

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo

Lebitso la saense: Theraphosa blondi
Sehlopha: Di-tarantula le di-funnel-web
Lelapa: Theraphosidae2
Tatelano: Araneae
Dikontinente: Amerika Borwa
Masea: The female lays 100 to 200 eggs, which hatch into spiderlings within 6 to 8 weeks.1
Kotsi ho batho: 2 / 5: E bohloko3

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

Goliath birdeater (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Theraphosa blondi (iNaturalist): mabitso le tlhophiso.
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