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‘Noticeable smell’ leads to discovery of hundreds of tarantulas packed in cake boxes

BERLIN (AP) — Arachnophobes beware: Customs officials on Monday released photos from a seizure of roughly 1,500 young…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #Animal-welfare #CologneBonnairport #Customs #germany #Science #Seizure #Shipment #Tarantulas #Vietnam
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Journal of Exp Biol

Losing a couple of limbs might seem like a serious problem, but #tarantulas keep running just as fast, by juggling a combination of manoeuvres, including limping on two legs and running like an ant, alternating standing on sets of three legs

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Read the full research by Haverford College & Temple University at

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iryna 🇺🇦

Show of hands for people who used little clay on string bits to fish these big boys out of their holes as a kid?

#Tarantulas #spiders #spidersoftheworld

MissConstrue

So, apparently, if you ever want to scare a group of workmen, mention that you have tarantulas in the attic, and request that they just shoo them out of the way if they see them. To be fair, they mostly hide from people, but I like my tarantulas and don’t want them squished. Plus, they’re the reason I don’t have a mouse problem in the attic.

#spiders #tarantulas

Erik

Out stargazing in the mountains last night when my dog noticed we had a visitor. Never seen a tarantula in the wild before- they’re super cool! A quick #kagi search suggests that it’s a California ebony tarantula.

#astronomy #arachnids #tarantulas #spider

Catherine Babault

Thousands of tarantulas will soon emerge across the US. Here’s what to expect. For certain regions of America, things are about to get weird with an influx of tarantulas.
sciencefocus.com/nature/tarant

#science #tarantulas

sohkamyung

An unexpected spotting. IDed as a Singapore Frontdoor Tarantula (Phlogiellus inermis), seen resting on a leaf next to the path at one-north Park: Fusionpolis South, Singapore, on 21 Nov 2023. These spiders are usually nocturnal, so seeing one in daylight is unusual.

On iNaturalist [ inaturalist.org/observations/1 ]

#iNaturalist #Nature #Singapore #Photography #Spiders #Araneae #Tarantulas #Theraphosidae

Shaula Walko

tarantula photo

Our first seasonal tarantula sighting!

#DesertLife #tarantulas #AltText

AJ Dunevent :verified_gay:

My #Psalmopoeus irminia was out and about doing some exploring today until my attempts at photography spooked it back into its cork tube. They are such a gorgeous species.


#Tarantula #Tarantulas #TarantulasOfTheFediverse #ILikeTarantulasMoreThanPeople #Spider #Spiders #Invert #Inverts #SpidersOfTheFediverse #InvertsOfTheFediverse

💙 Bwee 💙 - 🏳️‍⚧️:nonbinary::bisexual_flag:

Tarantulas, spiders, photos

A little bit ago @WahFo and I fed our #tarantulas and I got some pretty photos of a few of them. I thought I'd share, I love our 8-legged babies!

#tarantula #spider #arachnids

AJ Dunevent :verified_gay:

I got a rare treat tonight! I looked over and saw my elusive Chilobrachys sp. 'Electric Blue' out of its burrow. I snapped as many photos as I could without distrubing it too much and these are the four best.

#Tarantula #Tarantulas #TarantulasOfTheFediverse #ILikeTarantulasMoreThanPeople #Spider #Spiders #Invert #Inverts #SpidersOfTheFediverse #InvertsOfTheFediverse

AJ Dunevent :verified_gay:

My Psalmopoeus irminia lives in this cork tube and it was poking its cute little #tarantula toes out tonight.

#tarantulas #tarantulasofthefediverse #iliketarantulasmorethanpeople