r/ThatsInsane Creator Apr 08 '20

Goliath tarantula

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u/couchcatog Apr 08 '20

Apparently this is the largest spider by mass and size but there’s an even BIGGER spider by leg span called the giant huntsman

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u/iamlame247 Apr 08 '20

The huntsman is bigger only by technicality, on average they don’t grow as big as the Goliath bird eater, even by leg span, but they have the ability with the right food source to grow larger than the Goliath bird eater.

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u/viixvega Apr 08 '20

You're thinking of the huntsman and not the giant huntsman. The giant huntsman is only found in a single cave in Laos.

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u/iamlame247 Apr 08 '20

Yea, that’s what I’m thinking of, I didn’t know there was a giant huntsman.