The Goliath Bird-Eating Spider: World’s Largest and Freakiest Spider
This spider is the largest spider in the world.
The Goliath bird eating spider belongs to the tarantula family, which all of the spiders in the tarantula are fairly large spider. Although the bird eater is the biggest. It was named when explorer’s saw one of these spiders attack and eat a hummingbird.
Appearance
The spiders have a broad body with very wide and thick legs. There abdomen is also very large. They have a very heavy body with a leg span of 26 – 30cm, when fully extended, they can also weigh up to 120 grams. The female of the species matures in 2 – 3 years while the male dies not long after maturity. Males have an average life of 3 – 6 years, while the females 15 – 25 years. They are generally dark to light brown. These spiders look very fierce.
Habitat
The bird eater is found in South American rain forests, this being its natural habitat, and all around the world as they are collected bred. The rain forest is there natural habitat, they make large burrows where they live as they are not a climbing species due to there large size.
Behavior
Bird eaters are extremely aggressive animals that will bite you if you get close. They are very defensive, and if they feel threatened, they will make a hissing like sound. They do this by rubbing the hair bristles on the back of their legs which create this sound.
In fact the bird eaters only sometimes eat birds and they are not a primary source of food for them, although they have to ability to catch and kill a fully grown mouse. The female spider lays about 50 eggs, maybe more, in a silk egg sack and they are around 1 inch in diameter, which is very large for a spider egg. When the spiders hatch, they in the burrow until they molt which is when they leave to go out in the big rain forest alone.
Interesting Facts
- In some tribes the spiders are considered a delicacy.
- They get there prey by injecting them with there venom which paralyzes them.
- They make terrible pets as there aggressive and can be loud.
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52 Responses to “The Goliath Bird-Eating Spider: World’s Largest and Freakiest Spider”
On February 20, 2009 at 3:32 am
Nice job, Denus but the spider is sooooo creepy!
On February 20, 2009 at 3:51 am
Well researched article about some fairly fearsome looking creatures!
On February 20, 2009 at 4:26 am
Creepy as hell.
On February 20, 2009 at 4:32 am
not a lover of spiders but great article.
On February 20, 2009 at 4:40 am
Cool – would not one on my hand but great to look at and read about!
On February 20, 2009 at 4:40 am
Well done man! I happen to find this info very useful
On February 20, 2009 at 4:57 am
Interesting.
On February 20, 2009 at 5:30 am
Interesting and informative! (and scary!)
On February 20, 2009 at 5:32 am
Denus, please stop frightening me, you know I hate spiders! A good little article mind.
On February 20, 2009 at 5:45 am
*shudder*
On February 20, 2009 at 5:58 am
Amazing.
On February 20, 2009 at 6:09 am
Definitely an interesting article, but omg… ew! lol
I saw a documentary on a tribe that liked to eat tarantulas. Oh man…
Good article, Denus!
On February 20, 2009 at 6:24 am
ewwww! spiders!!
Nice job!
-thestickman
On February 20, 2009 at 7:13 am
That is one scary looking spider!
On February 20, 2009 at 7:19 am
Seems like the poor males haven’t got a chance lol, great article denus very interesting but a little scary. Not my favorite things Spiders lol
On February 20, 2009 at 7:39 am
i almost couldn’t read the article cause the disgusting picture.
I’m such a wuss when it come to animals with more then 4 legs.
On February 20, 2009 at 7:43 am
you beat me to the front page mate!
On February 20, 2009 at 8:39 am
Wow, the females have a much longer life expectancy than the males. I imagine they are true cougars.
On February 20, 2009 at 9:49 am
great article, wow those spider are big!
On February 20, 2009 at 10:06 am
I imagine the bird eating spiders would tell their kids, “Human beings make terrible friends, as they tend to hit you with the nearest heavy object if you get too close.”
I know I would. WHAM! Provoked, unprovoked, whatever. One less child of Ungoliant to trouble the unhappy world. (That’s a “The Lord of the Rings” in-joke.)
I am SO glad I live in the temperate zone and don’t usually have to deal with critters like these. The occasional giant cockroach is bad enough. (WHAM!)
On February 20, 2009 at 10:58 am
I asked for a tarantula for about five years now- but my mom said no.There are no mom-eating spiders, are there? No. So, what’s she so scared of?
On February 20, 2009 at 1:46 pm
Nice article, denus.
On February 20, 2009 at 2:15 pm
When I read “30 cm” I guess I couldn’t read more… If I saw a spider with the size of my laptop I think I would faint!
On February 20, 2009 at 2:30 pm
educational,tnx
On February 20, 2009 at 2:33 pm
Ever seen one in real life? scary stuff. thanx for the facts
On February 20, 2009 at 3:37 pm
YIKES!!!
On February 20, 2009 at 4:16 pm
Interesting piece. I think the tribe that eats these particular spiders are the Yanomami… Seeing them fry these suckers on sticks like shish kabobs is enough to make one pass out.. I don’t know if it’s the sheer size of the spiders, or the fact that they eat them with such relish. And when you see the sheer size of those suckers, it’s enough to make one scream like a little girl..lol!
On February 20, 2009 at 5:27 pm
Very cool Dean,thanks
On February 20, 2009 at 5:54 pm
nice job!
On February 20, 2009 at 7:14 pm
nice work Denus, next time please write an article about a spider eating bird…. lol… tnx for sharing.
On February 20, 2009 at 9:52 pm
Creeeeeeeeepy!!!!! – but nice article.
On February 20, 2009 at 10:35 pm
I have chills looking at that thing. Yikes!
On February 21, 2009 at 1:27 am
spooky!
On February 21, 2009 at 2:40 am
Wouldn’t want to find that thing in my basement. Great research article.
On February 21, 2009 at 3:04 am
Great article, denus.
On February 21, 2009 at 3:12 am
great article, creepy spider though, ugh,
On February 21, 2009 at 3:28 am
Some people really eat spiders raw. They said its taste is awful. And they cover their nose when they are chewing it.
On February 21, 2009 at 7:09 am
Interesting piece.Very informative.Thanks for sharing!This is what makes the world go round.
On February 21, 2009 at 12:02 pm
Great article,spider was unbelievable, horrendous thing!
On February 21, 2009 at 4:31 pm
Great article
On February 21, 2009 at 6:40 pm
Interesting atricle but the picture is just nasty!
On February 21, 2009 at 6:49 pm
So, thats what you have for breakfast then..
On February 21, 2009 at 7:34 pm
Nice job.
On February 21, 2009 at 8:22 pm
Thanks for posting this. It was very interesting…
On February 21, 2009 at 9:24 pm
That is one scary looking spider!
On February 23, 2009 at 12:51 am
Very nice Denus, I think your up to 1000 articles dude, your skills are very nice.
On February 23, 2009 at 9:37 pm
Love the picture. Keep writing pal
Rohan
On February 24, 2009 at 10:26 am
Really interesting! I don’t think I’d want to tangle with one of those things!
On February 28, 2009 at 8:29 pm
great article on the spider very informitive
On April 4, 2009 at 8:46 pm
Wow!I have never seen such a huge spider before,glad it isnt here .Thats one spider I dont want to tandle with much less run into.Great article.
On April 12, 2009 at 10:35 am
That’s so cool! Amazing picture too.
On November 18, 2009 at 3:53 pm
kool
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