Think of a typical creepy crawler, and you’ll probably conjure up the image of a hairy, eight-legged tarantula: the go-to spider in horror, and for those unaware, also a favorite pet among spider lovers.
About 900 different species of tarantulas populate virtually every continent of our globe, save for Antarctica. They range from the tiny to the titanic, the colorful to the plain. Here are some things to know about tarantulas, who are not as scary as you’d think – as long as you don’t bother them.
Greenbottle Blue Tarantula, chromatopelma cyaneopubescens(Credit: davemhuntphotography/Shutterstock)
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With their distinct physical characteristics and behaviors, tarantulas have captivated and sometimes unnerved humans for ages. But as we peel back the layers of their mysterious world, we begin to appreciate their unique traits.
How tarantulas look and act depends on where they reside, but the hundreds of species that have been logged so far are ...
