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The Goliath bird eater tarantula is the biggest spider on the planet . It is also the hairiest . But is it the scariest ?
Some people think so . They think a bite from this big tarantula can kill a person .
The reality is that no one has ever died from a tarantula bite . Tarantulas don ’ t want to bite people . They only attack what they want to eat .
So big that it could cover your entire face !
First the tarantula ______ and paralyzes its prey . Then it pumps _______ from its stomach into its intended meal . The stomach fluid ______ the inside of the prey to liquid . The spider then slurps the liquid and ________ the skin away .
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If a tarantula loses a leg , it can grow a new one . In fact , a tarantula will chew off and eat its own injured leg in order to get a new , healthy leg .
Most spiders only live a season or two . Not so , the tarantula . Some tarantulas can live 12 + 9 + 9 = _____ years . While tarantulas don ’ t eat people , some people eat tarantulas . Some people who live in the jungles of French Guiana like to roast and eat these spiders . Sometimes they use the tarantula ’ s fangs to pick their teeth afterward .
Find the twin tarantulas .
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