第 0802 号，共 1 402 张

Cameroon red baboon spider

Hysterocrates gigas

只是会疼会疼，但不会对你造成严重伤害。

咬伤吃：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

生活在

Cameroon, in West Africa1

非洲

首页

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

长度

20 cm (7.9 in)1

最高速度

约 2 公里/小时（1.2 英里/小时）

在陆地上, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

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

怎样认出它

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

常被误认为： 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

毒液之力

咬伤

它咬的时候，毒液通过毒牙或牙齿出来。

它的毒液会造成什么？

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

它对人有多危险？

对人的危险: 很疼可能真的很疼，但几乎从不严重。

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

它害怕时会做什么？

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

如果它咬人

清洗咬伤处并冷敷。如果疼得厉害或感到不适，就去看医生。

一定先拨打你的急救电话（112、000、911）。这里是一般急救指导，不是医疗建议。急救基础

注意安全

永远不要摸、抓或逗弄野生动物，即使是很小的，即使它看起来在睡觉或已经死了。
给它留出空间。如果遇到它，保持冷静，慢慢后退，让它走自己的路。
如果被它咬了：保持冷静，保持不动，拨打你的急救电话（112、000、911）或尽快去医院。记住它长什么样，拍张照片会有帮助。

它不是冲着你来的。它用毒液捕猎或保护自己，而且它更愿意躲起来。更多安全知识

在世界哪里？

非洲亚洲欧洲北美洲南美洲澳大利亚和大洋洲

它有多大？

它有多长？

和 6 块玩具积木排成一排一样长180 秒就能跑完 100 米（最快的人需要 9.6 秒）

Cameroon red baboon spider和你比起来有多大？

只是在你的浏览器里算一算。什么都不会被保存或发送到任何地方。

它有多快？

一只陆龟 约 0.3 公里/小时 (0.19 mph)

Cameroon red baboon spider 约 2 公里/小时 (1.2 mph)

一个在走路的人 约 5 公里/小时 (3.1 mph)

值得了解

事实

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

谣言粉碎机

谣言： 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

给毒液专家

学名: Hysterocrates gigas
类别: 狼蛛和漏斗网蜘蛛
家人: Theraphosidae2
排序: Araneae
大洲: 非洲
宝宝: Females lay eggs in an egg sac that may hold hundreds of eggs. The spiderlings live together for up to 6 months.1
对人的危险: 2 / 5: 很疼3