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Orange baboon tarantula

Pterinochilus murinus
Ci turam: The scientific name Pterinochilus murinus comes from the genus name Pterinochilus; the common name refers to its orange colour and the baboon spider group it belongs to.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 orange baboon tarantula is a large, nocturnal spider, so it is most active at night. It lives in parts of Africa, including Angola, central and southern Africa and the island of Zanzibar. Its bite is not known to be deadly, but it is very painful, so it should be left alone.1

Dafay dund ci
Angola, central and southern Africa and Zanzibar. Colour forms recorded in Kenya, Mozambique, Botswana and Zimbabwe.1
Afrig
Kër
Females dig a burrow or move into an existing abandoned one. Adults need a deep layer of soil in captivity, and they are mostly met in the pet trade, where they are popular but not common in pet stores.1
Guddaay
7,5 cm ba 15 cm (3 in ba 5,9 in)1
Gaawaay bu gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 1,8 km/h (1,1 mph)
Ci suuf, xalaat
Lan lay lekk?
In captivity it is commonly fed crickets, cockroaches and grasshoppers. It can also kill small animals such as mice, small lizards, birds and snakes.1
Dëgg-dëgg!Fotoy Orange baboon tarantula
Orange baboon tarantula. Foto: John Lyakurwa. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

  • Colours range from red and orange to brown.1
  • The carapace has a star-shaped pattern.1
  • The abdomen has a fishbone-like pattern.1
  • The legs often have brightly coloured rings, and the body is covered in short hairs with longer hairs on the legs.1
  • It has no urticating hairs.1

Kàttanu daŋar

Dafay màtt

Daŋar bi dafay génn ci bëñam yi su màttee.

Lan la daŋar biy sóob di def?

The venom is not known to be lethal to humans, but the bite is considered medically significant. The bite is extremely painful.1

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

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

The bite is not thought to be serious, but it is extremely painful. It is considered medically significant, so handling this species is advised against.1

Lan lay def bu tiitee?

It is very defensive and will bite if provoked, often without first showing its typical threat display.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?

Orange baboon tarantula guddaayam lu tollu ci 15 cm (5,9 in)Ab smartphone lu tollu ci 15 cm (5,9 in)Ab banaana lu tollu ci 18 cm (7,1 in)
guddu na ni 5 bloku tabax yu ñu toftalemën na daw 100 meetar ci 200 segond (nit ki gën a gaaw soxla na 9,6)

Orange baboon tarantula 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

Hobbyists nickname it OBT, short for orange baboon tarantula or orange bitey thing, and call it the pterror, a pun on its genus name.1

2

It can be found in five known colour forms, and the colour is thought to be linked to the type of soil where each form lives.1

3

Unlike some New World tarantulas, it has no urticating hairs to irritate the skin.1

4

It builds a tunnel-shaped web.1

5

It is a nocturnal spider, so it is most active at night.1

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam
Pterinochilus murinus
Mbooloo
Tarentule ak atrax
Njaboot
Theraphosidae2
Toftal
Araneae
Kontinaa yi
Afrig
Musiba ci nit
2 / 5: Dafay metti3

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Pterinochilus murinus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Pterinochilus murinus (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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