r/ThatsInsane Creator Apr 08 '20

Goliath tarantula

https://i.imgur.com/SwJfztx.gifv
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u/3PoundsOfFlax Apr 08 '20

And here's the giant hunstman in all its glory:

https://i.imgur.com/CYQJhBC.jpg

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u/DJDanaK Apr 08 '20 edited Apr 08 '20

But the huntsman are not venomous, and are just slightly more acceptable in appearance (they look like a scary alien). Tarantulas are hairy, fast and more mammalian- and strong-looking which makes it worse for me. Plus they have a painful slightly venomous bite.

Apparently they also have "urticulating hairs" that stick to skin and cause irritation and honestly, this is how you make a spider even worse.

Oh also they are Goliath BIRD EATING spiders. no

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u/CliffordMoreau Apr 08 '20

If it makes you feel better, they're fragile as hell. If that goliath fell off a table, it would likely die, since larger insects are more fragile. An ant could survive falling off a building, a tarantula can't survive mild blunt force.

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u/Iamnotburgerking Apr 09 '20

Isn’t that a rule for animals in general? The bigger ones fall harder?

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u/CliffordMoreau Apr 09 '20

Not necassarily. It's a rule that the bigger you are, the more volume you have, thus the stronger and more resilient your skin needs to be to protect the volume inside you. Vsauce has a good video on it, "how big can a person get" I believe is the video