Quote Originally Posted by halfassedjediknight
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.
Too bad, that was a pretty cool story. I wanted a crazy Spider-Man tarantula too. Well, actually I just wanted to see one do that, I'd be terrified if I owned one of those and it got out.