tarantula: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	hairy mygalomorph • Avicularidae • Theraphosidae

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Labeled cutaway diagram of a spider's internal anatomy, showing the brain, venom glands and ducts, sucking stomach, gut ceca, heart and aortae, digestive tract, book lungs, tracheae, silk glands, ovaries, spermatheca, spinnerets, and reproductive openings.

Goliath bird-eating spider (Theraphosa blondi), a large brown tarantula, resting on rough, light-colored tree bark.

A large, hairy tarantula rests on the open palm of a child wearing a long-sleeve shirt.

Mexican red-kneed tarantula (Brachypelma smithii).

Desert tarantula

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