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Are tarantulas poisonous?

Have you ever danced a tarantella or perhaps seen someone doing this dance? Did you know that the appearance of this dance is associated with tarantulas? The tarantula is a large, agile, hairy spider. In the Middle Ages, it was believed that a person bitten by a tarantula fell ill with "tarantism".

It was believed that those who fell ill with this disease fall into a gloomy and depressed state. The only way to bring them out of this state was to make them dance to the music until they were exhausted and collapsed from fatigue. After that, they should recover. From this belief, a dance called "tarantella" arose. This is a very fast Italian dance, which is performed at an ever increasing pace.

While the bite of a tarantula is fatal to insects and small animals, there is no evidence that it is dangerous to humans.

But people still get scared when they meet a tarantula. Real tarantulas can only be found in southern Europe, and they got their name from the Italian city of Taranto.

They have a hairy body about three-quarters of an inch long. Like some spiders, they do not spin webs. Instead, they dig deep burrows that they line with the substance they produce. In winter, they close in their houses, blocking themselves with a roller of grass intertwined with cobwebs, and sleep there until spring.

Tarantulas wait for their prey like tigers. They hide among leaves, debris, or in their burrows. When some insect appears nearby, they catch up with it, bite it and drag it to their hole. The bite kills or paralyzes the insect. Then the spider eats in his free time.

Tarantulas do not chew or swallow their prey. They suck out blood and all vital juices. But they are very caring with their offspring. They keep cocoons in their burrows and take them with them when they go out. When little tarantulas are born, they ride on their mother's back for about a week.

Author: Likum A.

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