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The Goliath bird eater tarantula is the biggest spider on the planet. It is also the hairiest. But is it the scariest? Some people think so. They think a bite from this big tarantula can kill a person. The reality is that no one has ever died from a tarantula bite. Tarantulas don’t want to bite people. They only attack what they want to eat. If a tarantula loses a leg, it can grow a new one. In fact, a tarantula will chew off and eat its own injured leg in order to get a new, healthy leg.
So big that it could cover your entire face!
First the tarantula ______ and paralyzes its prey. Then it pumps _______ from its stomach into its intended meal. The stomach fluid ______ the inside of the prey to liquid. The spider then slurps the liquid and ________ the skin away.
Replace the missing words.
Most spiders only live a
season or two. Not so for the tarantula. Some tarantulas can live 12 + 9 + 9 = _____ years.
While tarantulas don’t eat people, some people eat tarantulas. Some people who live in the jungles of French Guiana like to roast and eat these spiders. Sometimes they use the tarantula’s fangs to pick their teeth afterward.
Find the twin tarantulas.
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