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Cameroon red baboon spider

Hysterocrates gigas

只是會痛會痛，但不會對你造成嚴重傷害。

咬吃：肉

The Cameroon red baboon spider is a large tarantula that digs burrows at ground level in the rainforests of Cameroon, in West Africa. It is one of the few spiders that can swim, and it can make a loud velcro-like rasping sound to warn off threats.1

分布在

Cameroon, in West Africa1

非洲

首頁

It lives in tropical and sub-tropical places, naturally at ground level in tropical rainforests. It digs intricate burrows and needs temperatures of 21–35 °C and humidity of 60–90%.1

長度

20 cm (7,9 in)1

最高速度

大約 2 km/h（1,2 mph）

在陸地上, 粗略估計

牠吃什麼？

It is an opportunistic, nocturnal hunter that eats insects, other spiders and small animals such as mice, lizards, frogs, snakes and occasionally birds. It kills prey with venom, injects digestive juices, then sucks up the liquid. It will also dive to catch fish.1

怎麼認出牠

Colour ranges from dull black or grey to rusty orange-brown.1
Freshly moulted spiders are black, and they turn brown just before a moult.1
Hairy legs, with an oval abdomen up to 10 cm across.1
Leg span can reach 20 cm.1
Small, weak eyes that can only judge light levels.1

常被誤認為： Many hairy tarantulas from North and South America can shed urticating hairs, which are barbed and can cause severe itching. This species is an Old World tarantula and does not have these hairs on its abdomen.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 not medically significant to people. It may cause some nausea, and a person who is abnormally sensitive may need medical attention.1

牠對人有多危險？

對人的危險: 疼痛可能會非常痛，但幾乎從來不會很嚴重。

The venom is not considered medically significant. The spider will bite humans if provoked, but its main defence is to run away.1

牠害怕時會做什麼？

It rears up on its hind legs, smacks its front legs on the ground, and rubs leg pairs I and II together to make a sound like tearing velcro. It may also bite, but usually runs away.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？

跟 6 塊玩具積木排成一排一樣長可以在 180 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類需要 9.6 秒）

Cameroon red baboon spider 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)

Cameroon red baboon spider 大約 2 km/h (1,2 mph)

一個正在走路的人 大約 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

值得知道

小知識

It is one of the only spiders known to swim, and it will sometimes dive to catch fish.1

Most spiderlings kill each other for food, but some have been found sharing food with their siblings.1

Its fangs point downwards and work like pickaxes rather than pincers.1

During a moult it lies on its back, weak and dehydrated, and is very vulnerable to animals that would normally be its prey.1

After moulting it avoids eating for about a week so its new fangs can harden.1

It does not spin webs. It spins only a little silk, used for egg sacs and to line its burrows.1

破解迷思

迷思： Baboon spiders spin webs to catch their prey.

真相： They do not make webs. They hunt at night and take whatever prey they find.1

給毒液專家

學名: Hysterocrates gigas
類群: 捕鳥蛛和漏斗網蜘蛛
家人: Theraphosidae2
排序: Araneae
各大洲: 非洲
寶寶: Females lay eggs in an egg sac that may hold hundreds of eggs. The spiderlings live together for up to 6 months.1
對人的危險: 2 / 5: 疼痛3