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Goliath birdeater

Theraphosa blondi
Ci turam: 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
Dafay metti rekkDafay metti, waaye du la lor bu bon.
Tarentule ak atrax Dafay màttDafay lekk: Yàpp
Musiba ci nit: Dafay mettiMën na metti lool, waaye lu bon du faral di am.

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

Dafay dund ci
Northern South America: Suriname, Guyana, French Guiana, northern Brazil, eastern Colombia and southern Venezuela1
Amerig gu Bëj-saalum
Kër
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
Guddaay
13 cm (5,1 in)1
Diisaay
175 g (6 oz)1
Gaawaay bu gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 2,4 km/h (1,5 mph)
Ci suuf, xalaat
Lan lay lekk?
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
Dëgg-dëgg!Fotoy Goliath birdeater
Goliath birdeater. Foto: Didier Descouens. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

  • 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

Kàttanu daŋar

Dafay màtt

Daŋar bi dafay génn ci bëñam yi su màttee.

Lan la daŋar biy sóob di def?

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

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

Musiba ci nit: Dafay mettiMën na metti lool, waaye lu bon du faral di am.

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

Lan lay def bu tiitee?

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

Su màttee

  • Raxas fa mu màtt te sedal ko. Wutal ndimbal doktoor su metit wi dëgëree walla yaramu nit ki baaxul.

Saa su nekk, woo jëkk sa nimerob urgence (112, 000, 911). Lii ay ndigal yu yaatu ci ndimbal yu jëkk la, du ndigalu doktoor. Li war a xam ci ndimbal yu jëkk

Sàmmal sa bopp

  • Bul laal mukk, bul jàpp, bul sonal ab rab bu àll, doonte bu ndaw la, te doonte dafa mel ni dafa nelaw walla dafa dee.
  • May ko bérab. Su nga ko gisee, dalal, dellu ginnaaw ndànk-ndànk te bàyyi ko mu dem yoonam.
  • Su benn màttee la: dalal, bul yëngu, woo sa nimerob urgence (112, 000, 911) walla dem lopitaan ci gaaw. Bul fàtte ni mu meloon, ab nataal dina dimbali.

Du la wut. Dafay jëfandikoo daŋaram ngir jàpp lu muy lekk walla ngir aar boppam, te nëbbu moo ko gën a neex. Yeneen ci ni ngay sàmme sa bopp

Ni mu réye?

Ni mu guddoo?

Goliath birdeater guddaayam lu tollu ci 13 cm (5,1 in)Ab trombone lu tollu ci 3 cm (1,2 in)Ab smartphone lu tollu ci 15 cm (5,9 in)

Ni mu diise?

diis na ni 1,5 banaana
guddu na ni 4 bloku tabax yu ñu toftalemën na daw 100 meetar ci 150 segond (nit ki gën a gaaw soxla na 9,6)

Goliath birdeater ni mu réye ci wetu YOW?

Ay waññ rekk ci sa navigateur. Dara du denc te dara du yónnee fenn.

Ni mu gaawe?

baax na xam

Xibaar

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

Tasukatu léeb

Xalaat bu juum: The Goliath birdeater eats lots of birds.

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

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam
Theraphosa blondi
Mbooloo
Tarentule ak atrax
Njaboot
Theraphosidae2
Toftal
Araneae
Kontinaa yi
Amerig gu Bëj-saalum
Liir yi
The female lays 100 to 200 eggs, which hatch into spiderlings within 6 to 8 weeks.1
Musiba ci nit
2 / 5: Dafay metti3

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Goliath birdeater (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Theraphosa blondi (iNaturalist): tur ak ni ñu leen séddale.
  3. Venom Wiki: tolluwaayu musiba bi, réyaay bu yem bi ak xalaatu gaawaay bi, nun ñoo leen defar. Seetal ni nu leen waññe: Ni nuy natte musiba.

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