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Brazilian salmon pink birdeater

Lasiodora parahybana

名字的由來： Its name 'bird-eater' comes from the idea that it eats birds, although there is very little evidence that it does.1

無害對人無害。不用擔心。

捕鳥蛛和漏斗網蜘蛛

咬吃：肉

對人的危險: 輕微跟蜜蜂螫差不多或更輕微。對人基本上無害。

The Brazilian salmon pink bird-eating tarantula is a large spider from north-eastern Brazil. It is one of the biggest tarantulas in the world, and it is a popular pet among tarantula keepers because it is calm and breeds easily.1

分布在

North-eastern Brazil, in the Atlantic forest region. Known from one area near Campina Grande.1

南美洲

首頁

It lives on the forest floor, hiding in leaf litter, inside logs, in burrows, or out in the open. It does not spin webs.1

長度

28 cm (11 in)1

體重

100 g (4 oz)1

最高速度

大約 2,2 km/h（1,4 mph）

在陸地上, 粗略估計

牠吃什麼？

In the wild it eats mainly large insects and, occasionally, amphibians and small reptiles. It is an ambush predator that waits, strikes prey that comes close, and injects venom to subdue it.1

Brazilian salmon pink birdeater 的照片 — Brazilian salmon pink birdeater。照片：Richard Adams。 CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎麼認出牠

Uniform black colour when young.1
Once mature, pink-red hairs on the legs, chelicerae and abdomen.1
Colours are more vibrant in males.1
Females are bulky, with a large body compared to their legs. Males are slender with longer legs.1
Mature males have tibial hooks on the front pair of legs.1

毒液力量

咬

咬的時候，毒液會從毒牙或牙齒出來。

牠的毒液有什麼作用？

The venom is weak to humans. The bite is painful, and the fangs, which can be up to 2.5 cm long, can penetrate human skin. Some sites claim the bite is similar to a cat bite, but this is not confirmed.1

牠對人有多危險？

對人的危險: 輕微跟蜜蜂螫差不多或更輕微。對人基本上無害。

A bite is mechanically dangerous because of the fangs, but it is not medically significant. The tarantula bites only when provoked, and only as a last resort. Its urticating hairs can cause mild to severe skin irritation. Handling can also seriously injure or kill the tarantula, because a fall of more than a few inches can rupture its abdomen.1

牠害怕時會做什麼？

When threatened, it raises its legs and the front of its body to deter predators, flicks irritating urticating hairs from its abdomen, and only bites if the attack continues.1

如果牠咬人

清洗咬傷處並冷敷。如果很痛或傷者覺得不舒服，要就醫。

一定要先打緊急電話（112、000、911）。這是一般急救指引，不是醫療建議。急救基本知識

注意安全

絕對不要碰、抓或捉弄野生動物，就算是很小的動物，就算牠看起來在睡覺或已經死了也一樣。
給牠空間。如果遇到了，保持冷靜，慢慢往後退，讓牠自己離開。
如果被牠咬了：保持冷靜，保持不動，打緊急電話（112、000、911）或趕快去醫院。記住牠的樣子，有照片會很有幫助。

牠不是想來抓你。牠用毒液來捕捉食物或保護自己，而且牠更想躲起來。更多安全知識

在世界上的哪裡？

非洲亞洲歐洲北美洲南美洲澳洲與大洋洲

牠有多大？

牠有多長？

牠有多重？

跟 100 根迴紋針一樣重

跟 9 塊玩具積木排成一排一樣長可以在 160 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類需要 9.6 秒）

Brazilian salmon pink birdeater 跟「你」比起來有多大？

只是在你的瀏覽器裡做算術。什麼都不會儲存，也不會傳送到任何地方。

牠有多快？

一隻陸龜 大約 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Brazilian salmon pink birdeater 大約 2,2 km/h (1,4 mph)

一個正在走路的人 大約 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

值得知道

小知識

Males must hook back the female's fangs during mating, and slow males risk being eaten by the female.1

It is considered the fourth largest tarantula in the world, behind the three species in the genus Theraphosa.1

Before moulting, it lies on its back and forces itself out of its old skin, and it stops eating a few days beforehand.1

Males deposit sperm onto a webbed mat, called a sperm web, before finding a female.1

破解迷思

迷思： Brazilian salmon pink tarantulas are bird-eaters.

真相： There is very little evidence that they catch and eat birds. In the wild they mainly eat large insects and sometimes amphibians and small reptiles.1

給毒液專家

學名: Lasiodora parahybana
類群: 捕鳥蛛和漏斗網蜘蛛
家人: Theraphosidae2
排序: Araneae
各大洲: 南美洲
寶寶: It reproduces in very large numbers, so spiderlings are much cheaper in the pet trade.1
對人的危險: 1 / 5: 輕微3