Quote Originally Posted by xcrispi
Sweet Spiders ,
Used to hang w/ a girl that had a "Giant Bird Eating Tarantula " as big as a dinner plate , I shit you not . If it was out cruisin and didn't wanna be put back in it's cage it could jump from the floor to the ceiling from a stand still and run like hell .
Peace
Crispi :jointsmile:
yeah the actual common name is 'goliath bird eater'. i think the scientific name is L. Parhybana, but I could be mistaken. they can grow anywhere from 12-15" in length ranging from fron leg to back leg.

about the jumping part, tarantulas cant jump. their abdomen would burst and they would die, and they know this . their hefty abdomen and thorax or whatever is too heavy for its legs to lift it into the air. even if they could, they would die on impact. no tarantula can jump, save the species A. Aviculara, which is called a pinktoe i believe. theyre arboreal, therefore dont live in the ground. they build webs high in the air and sometimes jump for prey, but only because their web will break their fall.
halfassedjediknight Reviewed by halfassedjediknight on . my angry tarantula just thought id post a pic of my pissed off zebra leg (costa rican zebra, "aphonopelma seemani") In the first shot hes crawling up to the camera, the second pic he got pissed at it and started to display his fangs at me. the third and fourth are just him cruisin around, and the last is his home. Rating: 5