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Goliath birdeater

Theraphosa blondi

名字的由来： 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

只是会疼会疼，但不会对你造成严重伤害。

狼蛛和漏斗网蜘蛛

咬伤吃：肉

对人的危险: 很疼可能真的很疼，但几乎从不严重。

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

生活在

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

南美洲

首页

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

长度

13 cm (5.1 in)1

体重

175 g (6 oz)1

最高速度

约 2.4 公里/小时（1.5 英里/小时）

在陆地上, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

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.

怎样认出它

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？

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

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。

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

它害怕时会做什么？

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？

它有多重？

和 1.5 根香蕉一样重

和 4 块玩具积木排成一排一样长150 秒就能跑完 100 米（最快的人需要 9.6 秒）

Goliath birdeater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)

Goliath birdeater 约 2.4 公里/小时 (1.5 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 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

谣言粉碎机

谣言： 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

给毒液专家

学名: Theraphosa blondi
类别: 狼蛛和漏斗网蜘蛛
家人: Theraphosidae2
排序: Araneae
大洲: 南美洲
宝宝: The female lays 100 to 200 eggs, which hatch into spiderlings within 6 to 8 weeks.1
对人的危险: 2 / 5: 很疼3