Cobalt blue tarantula
咬伤The cobalt blue tarantula is a medium-sized spider with bright blue legs. It lives in tropical rainforests in Myanmar and Thailand, mostly underground. It is popular in the pet trade, so people sometimes meet it in homes.1

怎样认出它
- Medium-sized, with a leg span of around 13 cm.1
- Iridescent blue legs.1
- Light grey body, which may have darker grey chevron markings on the abdomen.1
- Adult males turn light tan or bronze and look longer-legged after their final moult. They also gain mating hooks and a palpal bulb on the pedipalps.1
- Females look the same as males until the males' final moult, and they grow larger than males.1
毒液之力
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?
Its venom is not enough to kill a human, but bites can be extremely painful. In a 2001 case from Japan, two people bitten by a pet reported severe pain and inflammation, which faded after several hours. One person had stiffness for a few weeks. Bites can also cause severe muscle cramps.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 enough to kill a person, but bites are very painful and can cause inflammation and severe muscle cramps. The species is described as having potent venom, so bites should still be taken seriously.1
它害怕时会做什么?
It is described as a fast and defensive tarantula.1
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
它有多大?
它有多长?
和 4 块玩具积木排成一排一样长
220 秒就能跑完 100 米(最快的人需要 9.6 秒)Cobalt blue tarantula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?
事实
Its blue colour comes from iridescent legs, which shimmer in light.1
Adult males change colour after their final moult, turning light tan or bronze.1
Despite its potent venom, it is a mainstay of the pet trade.1
It is a fossorial species, meaning it spends nearly all its time in deep burrows that it digs itself.1
Females grow larger than males and live for years longer.1
谣言粉碎机
谣言: Tarantula venom is deadly to people.
真相: The venom of this tarantula is not enough to kill a human, but its bites can be extremely painful.1
事实的来源
- Cobalt blue tarantula (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Cyriopagopus lividus (iNaturalist): 名称和分类。
- Venom Wiki: 危险等级、典型大小和速度估计都是我们自己给出的。看看我们是怎么算的: 我们如何评定危险.
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如果它咬人