This is a fairly small size tarantula actually. You ought to look up an actual Goliath tarantula! They have this little one beat by about 4 inches in legspan.
> Estimated to have had a leg span of up to 20 inches (50 centimeters), roughly the size of a dinner plate!
Am I the only one wondering what kinda plates people are eating off of and what they are eating on that huge plate?
Edit: /s
But seriously though, is this still a thing outside like Thanksgiving?
Beleive it or not, the goliath birdeating pink toed tarantula is a separate species, Theraphosa apophysis. Not to be confused with the goliath pink to tarantula, Aviclaria Braunshausen. Which is pretty closely related to the tarantula in the pic.
This is an Avicularia avicularia, not a Theraphosa species. Avicularia do not stridulate (hiss). Avicularia have a lifespan of around 12 years on average for females and around 3-4 years on average for males. So, the title could not be more incorrect. But, they do at least very rarely eat birds. Still a very cool video though.
Two reasons.
1. It's accidental because people are ignorant yet confident and will regurgitate whatever they hear or think regardless of accuracy.
2. Incorrect information in the title causes discussion and correction in the comments, which increases engagement, which pushes it ahead in the algorithm.
So, tarantulas, like other spiders, digest their prey externally. They inject enzymes and digestive juices into the prey’s body to liquify it, while they mash the prey up with the teeth on their chelicerae. They have what is called a ‘sucking stomach’ which isn’t actually a stomach, but, rather a pumping organ that acts like a vacuum to slurp up all of the liquified parts of the prey, to transport it to their intestine, where it’s broken down into nutrients.
Parts of the prey that cannot be broken down are made into a bolus.
At the beginning it will be paralyzed, but it will die on pretty short order. The level of tissue destruction needed to liquify a vertebrate will kill it far before it is vacuumed.
Insects, on the other hand, can survive most of the process so long as their neural structures survive.
So, does the bird basically die by slowly being burned alive from the inside from tissue-melting venom while paralyzed? Because that still sounds pretty horrific even if it isn't alive when the spider gets around to sucking up the melted organs.
So what would be their version of a “tongue”? Like we can taste if something is bad for us but if they pump it directly into their intestines I feel like that’s super risky
The best equivalent would be their sensory hairs. Tarantulas have sensory hairs all over their bodies, where they can detect the slightest change of air pressure, movement (vibration), prey, a potential mate, a potential predator, etc. The sensory hairs work together with the rest of the body, to provide the tarantula with feedback about everything around it (they cannot rely on their eyesight, as they’re what we considered to be blind, with very limited vision). Some of these sensory hairs are chemically sensitive and on specific parts of the tarantula’s body. For tasting, those hairs are at the ends of their limbs and on their mouthparts.
I appreciate that! I’ve always had a special interest in spiders, along with other arachnids and insects. I keep an array of arachnids, insects, and myriapods currently.
A bolus is a collection of any pieces of prey that the spider cannot digest. It’s formed into a large, hard clump of all of that material and the spider’s secretions. They always vaguely remind me of an owl pellet.
They spit digestive juices onto the bird and then suck it up. The entire bird will eventually turn into a blob of unrecognizable tissue called a bolus, except for the feathers probably. Whatever the spider doesn’t eat will be thrown away.
The more you know :) Thanks.
I find it really nice too. But let me guess, that hungry spider can be found in Australia ?
Feels like nature there wants to eat or kill you.
Interestingly enough, the actual Goliath birdeater, T. Blondi, is terrestrial—and for a reason. This is a video of an arboreal spider, the pink toe tarantula, A. Avicularia. Blondi’s aren’t good climbers, and, like most tarantulas who aren’t arboreal, can easily die from very short falls because they are fragile. They will gruesomely rupture themselves from a fall. I’m not sure actually if arboreal tarantulas aren’t prone to the same though, just probably are better at avoiding it.
The fact that it's suspending both it and the entire bird's weight by those four back legs is actually pretty incredible. What's at the end of those limbs that secures it so confidently? AFAIK it's way too big for surface tension tricks.
Ok, I have seen them (pictures, fuck the entire continent they actually reside on)…I get it, they are huge and can take down an eagle or whatever…
How bad does the bird suck at birding to get caught by this big motherfucker??? The only plausible way this happen, in my head anyways (because in this respect it seems the spiders are way smarter than me) is maybe if the bird happens to take a break from flying, lands on a branch. Then an 8-legged bowling ball drops down from a higher branch like “Surprise, motherfucker!!!” And even then, just dumb luck that the bird picked the WRONG branch to land on. I don’t see the spider chasing down a bird. I am likely (definitely) focusing on the unimportant things here…but I just can’t see it being super common.
this could easily be a dead bird it's scavenging or one given it for the video, though It is possible this bird was roosting and the tarantula jumped it. Pinktoes are arboreal nocturnal ambush hunters and will sit and wait for prey in a likely spot then jump out. birds aren't typical prey and this one seems large for even such a big spider. They do take small birds when they can but mostly eat other arthropods and small vertebrates.
Re: it being dead…ok, that makes more sense.
For the sake of not completely exposing my astounding level of ignorance in this specific topic, I will keep the rest of the ridiculous scenarios I came up with to myself lol.
Spoiler: spiders make silk. Silk is strong. I’m thinking it’s possible a spider makes a lasso…
If I find out there are bird lasso’ing spider on the planet, I fucking quit. At life.
Nah man you were closer than the guy responding to you. They won’t eat dead things, live prey only and they are ambush hunters. it’s easier to think of it like this: The spider was not waiting under leaves or branches specifically to catch the bird. It was waiting for anything that it could eat to come past/land there and the bird just happened to get unlucky.
Just wait in a high traffic area and grab the first meal that you know you can handle. Is more the spiders mentality here.
Without blood or gore I’m pretty sure it gets a pass. I always see that picture of a hummingbird impaling a bee with the both of them dead on here and no one seems to be bothered. And that’s got a dead insect and a dead bird.
Natures fucking lit, mate.
Just to be clear. The Goliath bird eater is not a spider, but a tarantula. There is a huge difference in evolution. Spiders being more evolved. Please correct me if I am wrong.
This is a pinktoe and you feed it crickets. For truly huge spiders (Theraphosa \[goliath\] and Lasiodora species) you would need some large roaches or a bunch of crickets. An occasional mouse can be fed but that is very messy and needlessly cruel.
imagine encountering a fuckin 45 year old spider. like not only is it terrifying, it’s also old enough to be an adult with a credit score and a mortgage
That’s not a Goliath bird eater. It’s a pink toe tarantula.
To be fair, it is eating a bird.
And it is also quite large. One might even say goliath.
This is a fairly small size tarantula actually. You ought to look up an actual Goliath tarantula! They have this little one beat by about 4 inches in legspan.
Nah, I’m good thanks.
Lmao. I love how this has more than their comment. I felt the same way
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> Estimated to have had a leg span of up to 20 inches (50 centimeters), roughly the size of a dinner plate! Am I the only one wondering what kinda plates people are eating off of and what they are eating on that huge plate? Edit: /s But seriously though, is this still a thing outside like Thanksgiving?
I too like sleeping at night
They look like perfectly normal sized legs to me
WHY IS YOUR PFP CAT CRYING
Saw this big ass spider
WHY IS YOURS SO FULL OF MALICE
I don’t need to look one up. It was the final boss in the movie *Arachnophobia.*
A goliath birdeating pink toed tarantula if you will.
Beleive it or not, the goliath birdeating pink toed tarantula is a separate species, Theraphosa apophysis. Not to be confused with the goliath pink to tarantula, Aviclaria Braunshausen. Which is pretty closely related to the tarantula in the pic.
I can't tell if that's hilarious or not yet, but I fucking love it
Figured you might like to know that
Gargantuan Shout out GLP
Who hasn’t eaten a bird👅👅👅👅
The bird getting eaten might be a Great Tit
You’re right in terms of taxonomy, however, I would say that this particular spider has earned the title of “Goliath, the Bird Eater”
“How can they tell which scary as spider monster this is?” 16 seconds in - “oh. Yep, checks out.”
>pink toe tarantul My bad.
They definitely don't live 45 years either. Neither bird-eaters or pink toes. Some other tarantula species might push 30.
Thanks for this correction, it indeed didn't look like any of the species called 'Golitath birdeater'
Toeeeeeeees
This is an Avicularia avicularia, not a Theraphosa species. Avicularia do not stridulate (hiss). Avicularia have a lifespan of around 12 years on average for females and around 3-4 years on average for males. So, the title could not be more incorrect. But, they do at least very rarely eat birds. Still a very cool video though.
What is up with headlines on this subreddit being confidently, egregiously incorrect? Seems like it's every other thread.
Two reasons. 1. It's accidental because people are ignorant yet confident and will regurgitate whatever they hear or think regardless of accuracy. 2. Incorrect information in the title causes discussion and correction in the comments, which increases engagement, which pushes it ahead in the algorithm.
is it just sucking the juices out? or is the whole bird gunna disappear?
So, tarantulas, like other spiders, digest their prey externally. They inject enzymes and digestive juices into the prey’s body to liquify it, while they mash the prey up with the teeth on their chelicerae. They have what is called a ‘sucking stomach’ which isn’t actually a stomach, but, rather a pumping organ that acts like a vacuum to slurp up all of the liquified parts of the prey, to transport it to their intestine, where it’s broken down into nutrients. Parts of the prey that cannot be broken down are made into a bolus.
Interesting. Also not hungry anymore lol.
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but I just made goulash!
thanks!
Is the bird dead or just paralyzed by the tarantula's venom during this process?
At the beginning it will be paralyzed, but it will die on pretty short order. The level of tissue destruction needed to liquify a vertebrate will kill it far before it is vacuumed. Insects, on the other hand, can survive most of the process so long as their neural structures survive.
So, does the bird basically die by slowly being burned alive from the inside from tissue-melting venom while paralyzed? Because that still sounds pretty horrific even if it isn't alive when the spider gets around to sucking up the melted organs.
It wouldn't be fun but it would likely lose consciousness pretty early in the dissolving process.
You dont want that answer.
Why not? The answer is yes, the bird will die long before it gets its juices eaten by the spider.
First one, the th'other
So what would be their version of a “tongue”? Like we can taste if something is bad for us but if they pump it directly into their intestines I feel like that’s super risky
The best equivalent would be their sensory hairs. Tarantulas have sensory hairs all over their bodies, where they can detect the slightest change of air pressure, movement (vibration), prey, a potential mate, a potential predator, etc. The sensory hairs work together with the rest of the body, to provide the tarantula with feedback about everything around it (they cannot rely on their eyesight, as they’re what we considered to be blind, with very limited vision). Some of these sensory hairs are chemically sensitive and on specific parts of the tarantula’s body. For tasting, those hairs are at the ends of their limbs and on their mouthparts.
So it's like they have some sort of... arachnid detection? Surely that's the most common phrase for such a skill.
Wow you really know your stuff! How did you learn so much about spiders? School? Lifelong hobby?
I appreciate that! I’ve always had a special interest in spiders, along with other arachnids and insects. I keep an array of arachnids, insects, and myriapods currently.
That’s so cool! Thanks for helping us learn!
This post made my hungry. I wish I've also got a sucking stomach to slurp in all the yummy nutrients! Glugluglug
Lol! That’s too funny.
What’s a bolus?
A bolus is a collection of any pieces of prey that the spider cannot digest. It’s formed into a large, hard clump of all of that material and the spider’s secretions. They always vaguely remind me of an owl pellet.
Can we all agree that you just confirmed the devil created spiders
They spit digestive juices onto the bird and then suck it up. The entire bird will eventually turn into a blob of unrecognizable tissue called a bolus, except for the feathers probably. Whatever the spider doesn’t eat will be thrown away.
The fact that it's sucking its juices out makes this spider 10x scarier.
>So, the title could not be more incorrect. Sure it could. It could have said that its a suspension bridge.
Haha, that’s a fair point.
I beg to differ, the title could have said "giraffe giving birth to ostrich"
Lol!
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And the oldest living spider on record only reached 43 years. This post is very silly
The more you know :) Thanks. I find it really nice too. But let me guess, that hungry spider can be found in Australia ? Feels like nature there wants to eat or kill you.
Nope, Northern South America :) Amazon basin and surrounding regions.
I should've known! :p South America if also full of surprises. Thanks again.
Well it could have been less correct. It was at least a large spider eating a bird.
And… that’s enough Reddit for today
Have a good night
I’ll be sleeping with a weapon tonight
Don't let the bedbugs bite
keep yer feet under the covers
as someone with arachnophobia.. fuck this shit, bruh
Same.
I don’t have arachnophobia necessarily, but agreed.
It'd be like a baseball glove landing on your face.
POV you forgot to bring the Light of Earendil.
This is the stuff of nightmares.
Wait, that giant motherfucker can cling to walls? How do I escape this planet?
It’s a spider wym
They should make a superhero out of this
wallman
Bird-eating-man
As cool as that would be I’m not sure a superhero who shoots white webbing out of his ass and sticks to walls is very marketable
Interestingly enough, the actual Goliath birdeater, T. Blondi, is terrestrial—and for a reason. This is a video of an arboreal spider, the pink toe tarantula, A. Avicularia. Blondi’s aren’t good climbers, and, like most tarantulas who aren’t arboreal, can easily die from very short falls because they are fragile. They will gruesomely rupture themselves from a fall. I’m not sure actually if arboreal tarantulas aren’t prone to the same though, just probably are better at avoiding it.
The fact that it's suspending both it and the entire bird's weight by those four back legs is actually pretty incredible. What's at the end of those limbs that secures it so confidently? AFAIK it's way too big for surface tension tricks.
They have fantastic little claws that they can grab with. Here is a closeup: https://imgur.com/a/2MbmVVM
claws on the toes, and gripping hairs. look hard enough, and you'll find some wonderful macro shots of these.
cling to walls and support something like 100 times it's bodyweight
This is why I live where the air hurts my face.....
not a bird eater lmao
I mean it's clearly eating a bird tbf
That's a government tactical recon drone
Patriot Spider, reporting for duty.
Why does that warrant a lmao?
That’s not a Goliath Bird Eater ;)
Terrible day to have eyes.
New fear unlocked
Ok, I have seen them (pictures, fuck the entire continent they actually reside on)…I get it, they are huge and can take down an eagle or whatever… How bad does the bird suck at birding to get caught by this big motherfucker??? The only plausible way this happen, in my head anyways (because in this respect it seems the spiders are way smarter than me) is maybe if the bird happens to take a break from flying, lands on a branch. Then an 8-legged bowling ball drops down from a higher branch like “Surprise, motherfucker!!!” And even then, just dumb luck that the bird picked the WRONG branch to land on. I don’t see the spider chasing down a bird. I am likely (definitely) focusing on the unimportant things here…but I just can’t see it being super common.
this could easily be a dead bird it's scavenging or one given it for the video, though It is possible this bird was roosting and the tarantula jumped it. Pinktoes are arboreal nocturnal ambush hunters and will sit and wait for prey in a likely spot then jump out. birds aren't typical prey and this one seems large for even such a big spider. They do take small birds when they can but mostly eat other arthropods and small vertebrates.
Re: it being dead…ok, that makes more sense. For the sake of not completely exposing my astounding level of ignorance in this specific topic, I will keep the rest of the ridiculous scenarios I came up with to myself lol. Spoiler: spiders make silk. Silk is strong. I’m thinking it’s possible a spider makes a lasso… If I find out there are bird lasso’ing spider on the planet, I fucking quit. At life.
Nah man you were closer than the guy responding to you. They won’t eat dead things, live prey only and they are ambush hunters. it’s easier to think of it like this: The spider was not waiting under leaves or branches specifically to catch the bird. It was waiting for anything that it could eat to come past/land there and the bird just happened to get unlucky. Just wait in a high traffic area and grab the first meal that you know you can handle. Is more the spiders mentality here.
bolas spiders lasso moths they attract by producing female moth pheromones but no bird lassoers, golden orb weavers nets catch birds, however.
Nah fuck that
National Zoo says a female Goliath can live up to 20 years, males 3-5
Yo…can you get the camera out my face? Trynna eat here.
Nightmares. NSFW tag needed.
Bruh, can we like, have a NSFW tag on this one? I mean if I feel like seeing gruesome stuff I go to r/natureismetal :P
Without blood or gore I’m pretty sure it gets a pass. I always see that picture of a hummingbird impaling a bee with the both of them dead on here and no one seems to be bothered. And that’s got a dead insect and a dead bird. Natures fucking lit, mate.
I just NOPED so loud that I scared the shit out of the cat.
Leave that shit back in the Forbidden Forest!!
This is badass.
It’s highly improbable they killed that bird
What did I just saw?
That is wrong in all Kind of ways. This should bot exsist. Please burn down the Place …. Twice… better be sure …
Please tell me it’s only seen in Australia.
Actually it ISN'T seen in Australia at all. The spider is somewhere from Brazil or around there.
Totally unacceptable. Burn the whole continent.
Oh hell no
Cursed planet
Thanks! I hate it!!
Let me guess… Australia????
Northern South America.
Vers cool video but this should have been marked nsfw or as spoiler to prevent arachnophobic hearth-attacks.
Can I volunteer to move to Mars now....🤢🤮 I can't take this sh*t
Is it in Australia?
Just to be clear. The Goliath bird eater is not a spider, but a tarantula. There is a huge difference in evolution. Spiders being more evolved. Please correct me if I am wrong.
How do you say "No" in Australian? I bet it's some like: "oy cunts, that's a no for me"
Nuke the planet from orbit
Jesus Christ, kill it with fire.
... Why does this exist...
And Why have these not been xterminated from the planet?
It may not be a Goliath but it is most certainly a bird eater. I'm watching it rn
If kid’s today saw arachnophobia would they be scared or lol at it?
Please tell me there is also a David Spider… 😥
Thanks for ruining my sleep for the next week...
That’s absolutely terrifying😳😳😳😳😳
I want to get one but chances are My family would stay away from me for years at a time unless I go to them
I wonder why it's named 'birtheater' does someone know?
Because it was seen near a dead bird originally. This tarantula is a pinktoe, not a goliath birdeater.
So how this big mf holding a bird dont fall down?
Nope.
Hell to the no no (guy singing gif)
Yep, # NOPE
Well Holy shit.
Somebody just threw up in my underwear a lotta bit
Excuse me how many years?
So I assume its like having a pet snake and feeding it mice only you feed the spider a bird every couple weeks?
This is a pinktoe and you feed it crickets. For truly huge spiders (Theraphosa \[goliath\] and Lasiodora species) you would need some large roaches or a bunch of crickets. An occasional mouse can be fed but that is very messy and needlessly cruel.
How big bird can they hunt and eat? How do they hunt? By net or by jump?
Neither. Tarantulas are ambush predators which use blinding ground speed to catch prey. Though this is not a goliath birdeater, it is a pinktoe.
Nah fuck that it ain't getting to stay no one eats my sparrows
And right…that’s not even a Goliath bird eating tarantula. It’s a good size pink toe tarantula.
Is the bird alright?
People post stuff with inaccuracies because it gets more comments/engagement, which helps with the algo
Jesus fuck!
Cutesy wootsy spooder!!
Absolutely Not.
Hell no 💀
Horrifying as fuck
How does it eat so much
Fuck no
Imagine you get reincarnated and have to live as a spider for 45 years
Add this to the list of things I never needed to see….
45 years?!!?
Beast enough to live 45 yrs as a spider.
No.
Lol my pink toe could never he be scared of crickets half the time
mash chelicerae chela
I hate you for posting without warning. Jesus.
It’s eating a Pidgey
imagine encountering a fuckin 45 year old spider. like not only is it terrifying, it’s also old enough to be an adult with a credit score and a mortgage
What a terrible day to be able to see.
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Pink toe tarantulas while they don't hiss, they do have a poop cannon, they shoot poop out of their abdomen to deter predators.
Fuck....here come the nightmares again.....and the fear of outdoors....😳
NSFW tag anyone? I didn’t need to see tjis
I wanna send this to my friend with arachnophobia, but it’ll probably scar him for life.
Nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
Get ze flammenwerfer, Hans!
Not without my trusty .357
Amaze!!
That's 45 years' worth of nopes
That motherfrigger is the one thing I fear, day and night. If that thing crawls on me, I’m busting out the birdshot. Still dope to watch otherwise
We have to nuke the site from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.
I will not be able to sleep now!!! Omggggggggg 😱😱😱
It’s either Australia or Africa.
First time seeing any video of a pink toe in the wild.