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Goliath birdeater

Theraphosa blondi

名字的由來： 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

只是會痛會痛，但不會對你造成嚴重傷害。

捕鳥蛛和漏斗網蜘蛛

咬吃：肉

對人的危險: 疼痛可能會非常痛，但幾乎從來不會很嚴重。

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

分布在

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

南美洲

首頁

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

長度

13 cm (5,1 in)1

體重

175 g (6 oz)1

最高速度

大約 2,4 km/h（1,5 mph）

在陸地上, 粗略估計

牠吃什麼？

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

Goliath birdeater 的照片 — Goliath birdeater。照片：Didier Descouens。 CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

怎麼認出牠

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

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？

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

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。

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

牠害怕時會做什麼？

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

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 1,5 根香蕉一樣重

跟 4 塊玩具積木排成一排一樣長可以在 150 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類需要 9.6 秒）

Goliath 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)

Goliath birdeater 大約 2,4 km/h (1,5 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 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

破解迷思

迷思： The Goliath birdeater eats lots of birds.

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

給毒液專家

學名: Theraphosa blondi
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: The female lays 100 to 200 eggs, which hatch into spiderlings within 6 to 8 weeks.1
對人的危險: 2 / 5: 疼痛3