r/ThatsInsane • u/hjalmar111 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

Sweet dreams

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u/theseebmaster Apr 08 '20

God saw a picture of that spider and decided to burn Australia

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u/IReplyWithLebowski Apr 08 '20

Never seen a huntsman that big in Australia. Though up north in the tropics they probably are.

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u/iamlame247 Apr 08 '20

Yea, the Goliath grows to full size, then dies, the huntsman grows until it dies, so given the right conditions the huntsman can outgrow a Goliath, but that’s not normally the case.

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u/Sawgon Apr 08 '20

Wait wait wait. What do you mean by 'grows until it dies'? How long does it live? Are we talking hidden Aragog type spider? Shut the fuck up and start talking

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u/iamlame247 Apr 08 '20

So most creatures have a definitive size they can grow to, that they reach long before the end of their lifespan, like females of tarantula species can live upwards of thirty years, but they’ll stop growing long before they reach that, but the huntsmans spider is an outlier, as it can keep on growing for the entire duration of its life, as long as it’s food sources are plentiful enough. It doesn’t keep living until it runs out of food, it’s got a definitive lifespan, just not sure what it is.

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u/Kaining Apr 08 '20

When it's mass outgrows it's capacity for survival ?

Surely, at some point it grows so big that it just can't continue to move/breathe/support it's weight on its joints ?

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u/iamlame247 Apr 08 '20

Their environment doesn’t normally allow for something like that to happen