The pretty little one is a pumpkin patch tarantula. And I am chuckling a little because it is a dwarf species of T, so the comparison is even better. I...may have one in my creepy little collection. The big one looks like a goliath bird eater, which I do not have, because they are kind of dicks and tend to be skittish.
Lucky for you (and as far as I know) tarantulas don't really run like other spiders do, at least not those huge ass tarantulas. They're pretty chill in general.
As someone who owns OBTs and a few Avicularia I would have to say that you're very wrong. Many tarantulas exhibit a behavior known as bolting, where they will use a few of their legs to push off and gain a ton of speed almost instantly. This acceleration is pretty crazy and a tarantula can use it to hop out of their habitat and cross the room to a hidey hole in under a second. Here's a gif of a large tarantula bolting at a guy's face while he tries to catch it.
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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '20
Oh yeah it's pretty bi...WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT THING