Bird-eating+Spiders

=Bird-eating Spiders=

Bird-eating spiders are big! They are the second biggest spiders in the world. They are a kind of tarantula.

Bird-eating Spiders can have a leg span of up to 30 cm and can weigh more than 170 grams. They have huge fangs, more than 2cm long.

There is venom in the fangs, but it is not very poisonous and feels a bit like a wasp sting. But the hairs on their legs can make you very itchy if you touch them.

The bird-eating spider doesn't usually eat birds at all. It eats insects most of the time, but can also eat rats and mice, frogs, lizards, bats and snakes.

There are no bird-eating spiders in Australia. They live in South American rainforests or in swampy places. They dig burrows to live in but sometimes they live in a burrow that other creatures have dug.

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