5 Mind-Boggling Tarantula Facts You Need to Know!

[@tarantulacollective]

Learn more as we answer a lot more questions about tarantulas here: kzbin.info/aero/PLjBrtja7Q8uhWD5dXZByDWx8oxC_0j8d8

[@pascalecat]

My partner was terrified of spiders before he saw my sling molt. Now when he visits, he asks to see the “little chonky spider.” My rotund curlyhair is truly a delight :)

[@DMcC]

Would like to say that the strength of your channel is the heavy doses of factual information, whether about the animal itself or its husbandry. You have one of the most valuable channels on KZbin for the developing invert keepers. Keep up the fantastic work.

[@tarantulacollective]

Wow, thank you!

[@BradleyFear]

Great work, Richard; most people will never see how breathtakingly misunderstood these incredible animals are--but your work certainly goes a long way to rectifying that issue. Keep these things coming!

[@stevenadcock1712]

Just wanna say thank you I stumbled upon your videos about a month ago and realized that I need some tarantulas I've now got three curly hair, pink toe, and tiger rump. Your videos have helped me tremendously just wanna to take some extra time to say thank you! I will be definitely be getting more I love this hobby

[@tarantulacollective]

Glad to hear it!

[@ajking4836]

Still getting compliments on my tarantula collective t-shirt. Excellent work as always

[@tarantulacollective]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@kirksealls1912]

Love the video, Richard! A couple of points: - To anyone confused about the point on tarantulas being venomous rather than poisonous, the distinction is that venom must be injected, while poison must be ingested, or absorbed through the skin or eyes - That’s absolutely fascinating that the pedipalps of arachnids are thought to have once been antenna, I never knew that! - It’s a small point, but technically tarantulas have two _pairs_ of book lungs, while most spiders have one _pair_ of book lungs, since most spiders (i.e., most if not all spiders within the Araneomorphae infraorder) additionally have structures called trachea, which are tubes that run directly to their tissues; I personally suspect, but do not know for sure, that trachea are more efficient for smaller body plans, while book lungs become more efficient for larger body plans - Regarding the point that “no breathing takes place,” that depends on your definition of “breathing;” what is currently accepted is that no expanding or contracting of the book lungs takes place to aid in air circulation, and as was said, only diffusion occurs, so if you define “breathing” as sucking in air it doesn’t take place, but if you define “breathing” as the exchange of oxygen for carbon dioxide, it does

[@ajking4836]

Could you do a video of a tarantula eating while filming underneath it (maybe through glass)so we can see what's going on when they eat?

[@jamielovesjohn]

This sounds super gross but highly fascinating at the same time lol

[@naychaboi]

Great video. You should consider doing a piece on Australian Tarantulas. There’s only a few species here that are formally recognised with a species name - most are referred to by the location which they are found. A lot of the ground work with Ts here is being done by collectors and hobbyists. There’s a lot of mystery around them, so I think it would be a good idea for a video.

[@queezlemacnamara9801]

Thank you for taking the time to educate your listeners. My little boy & I are about to pick up our baby Queensland Whistling Tarantulas as our wild girl just died 😪. She was a garden orb weaver and we all loved her so much. My entomologist suggested Tarantulas for us as they live for over a decade usually so we are super excited.. . .& looking forward to your next tips. Thanks again, guy. Well done. 🇦🇺

[@aliyahbennerotte6679]

I would love to see something on a togo starburst tarantula, I just got mine a few weeks ago and I adore it with all my heart

[@marjorieinverts]

LOVED this one! Great job as always Richard!

[@nickstarantulas]

I’m new to the tarantula community. Been working with snakes for years. I’ve learned so much from you. Thank you for your dedication to teaching us so much. If you’re ever in Phoenix I’d love to link up with you.

[@aphiliarachno]

Hi Richard! It is cool that you have such a plastic model to visualize the anatomy of tarantulas. Fascinating how different Nature's creatures are.

[@tarantulacollective]

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[@Frank_From_Philly]

Thank you for the info. i just subscribed today. i own only two tarantula's 1 being the Mexican Fire Leg & the 2nd one is a GreenBottle. ive had both for 4 day's. ive learned alot from you and i hope you keep the content coming. 😎👍

[@liminalghost]

I’ve been around your channel for awhile and I’m glad to see how much it’s grown and you as a content creator! I hope your content gets around for the tarantula fearers so they don’t fear them one day 🥰 Tarantula (and all bugs/creepy crawlie critters) are friends 😌 As always I enjoy the stuff you talk about but the footage is just -chefs kiss- little friends just walking around

[@christopherhamilton6681]

Love the content! Personal favorite invert. Channel on KZbin

[@tarantulacollective]

You're awesome. Thank you!

[@TheGlamPea27]

So good to know! Thank you for sharing this Richard!

[@tarantulacollective]

My pleasure!

[@jimmysjamin1]

Very well done Richard I always look forward to you're top 5s 10s allow them but these are always a favorite take care brother.

[@mre912]

Great content Richard. Solid information.

[@tarantulacollective]

Much appreciated!

[@No_Wucking_Forries]

Thanks so much for these I'm hooked on my guys been getting a new spices every week and now have 7 and 2 scorpions and ur vids have gave me such knowledge

[@leafwitheyes2473]

I like how paid promotion is a time stamp so I can get back to it quickly

[@tarantulacollective]

i try to make it easy and enjoyable

[@locustboy8448]

Remember to keep reporting those exotic pet death matches everyone if they show up on your feed. Keep up the great videos!

[@wheezyvettech8781]

Hey, there is a typo in the title: the word "know". I love how involved their setae are. It's amazing. I didn't know the bit of sensing chemical changes. The details about the book lungs are awesome!

[@tarantulacollective]

Oooi...thank you for the spell check!

[@Li_Am-Sam]

So that’s why spiders drown so easily in pools, good to know

[@BrettOPediaTV]

it was really cool to learn about the book lungs! I always wondered how those worked

[@julianbernal9705]

Although it was tarantula Kat that got me into arachnids you’re videos provided me with all the information and research needed for my first bunch of T’s and I’m in love with them. Only took me a couple videos to realize they’re not that scary I just knew nothing about them

[@nataliepowell4806]

Hi Richard, love your video's. Keep up the amazing work xxx 😃😃

[@teddiridgeway928]

That anatomical model is so cool! Where did you get it?

[@tarantulacollective]

It was sent to me from Arthropod Ambassadors. I made an entire video on it and have link in the description of that video where you can pick one up on Amazon. kzbin.info/www/bejne/kH_Qap6Dlq56qM0

[@H-o-r-s-ei]

I'm getting my very first T on Wednesday, a female B. Klaasi. Working with insects and invertebrates has really opened my eyes to my love of these creatures!

[@robertsimpson5072]

Very well done sir. Always a joy to watch your videos.

[@Pomnixxdc123]

Another great video. I always love learning new facts.

[@ashleysparks7314]

Another great video!! Thanks for the info!!

[@tarantulacollective]

Any time!

[@99rainingflame]

Today was the first time your new video showed in my subscription page. Yay! ❤

[@DougA333]

I love the slow motion and cinematography Richard🤘

[@georgecardiff1946]

Brilliant video Richard, very interesting facts and always a joy to watch.

[@tarantulacollective]

Glad you think so!

[@MOONOVERMIAMI]

Hello great video information Richard

[@carlosvazquez2978]

As always, you do not fail to amaze me with the amount of knowledge you put out. Thank you. It would help if you had your show in NGO wild .👍🏽

[@tarantulacollective]

Wow, thank you!

[@catherinedavis1690]

What a great learning tool! Very professionally done and entertaining as well as informative. I enjoy your channel very much!

[@joshii1702]

Your work is awesome Richard, I recently got my first T, an A. Geniculata, I named her Fluffy and she's only two inches right now and if it weren't for your amazing and informative content I never would've gotten her! I love my little hairy 8 legged girl and am glad I was introduced to the hobby through your content

[@maximilianzaff2822]

hey im also getting a A. geniculata in week xd

[@johnpowell351]

Hello, this is a great video, very informative, love the tarantula model, thank you for all the effort you put into your videos Richard. Kindest regards, Joanne 🐺

[@NikkiPeaTherapy]

No actual breathing takes place!! I am in total awe by this. Interesting how we have to breathe to live. I enjoy your output in videos. You really show your passion. Every video I watch makes me want to learn more and learn from it! Thank you truly -Nicole CCP- I may even get a tarantula someday and I will do extensive research beforehand! On your channel of course!!

[@forgenorman3025]

Pulling their stomachs through their brains when they molt?! Fascinating _and_ freaky!

[@jameswyatt2739]

I love your videos. Totally awesome. Thank you.

[@Mikah234]

Appreciate the info..always want to learn more about my Pets. :)

[@mariestubbs4606]

Great vid very informative ...

[@susanmirarchi7303]

Can a tarantula have enough memory to know her caretaker? Does she ever learn not to be defensive with her caregiver?ls keeping tarantulas pet keeping or a hobby? P.S. I love ur videos especially the one that informed people that watching the bug fights were unethical and nauseating! Great content full of passion!!!💝

[@valleyoclarity7635]

for real I hate those bug fights, even more so after learning how much time, care, and patience goes into raising invertebrates from their tiniest forms. my slings are still so small and all my urges are to protect and cherish them.

[@No_Wucking_Forries]

Your site is invaluable

[@mr.kalopsia3273]

Dude you’re very talented buddy.

[@tarantulacollective]

I appreciate that!

[@nobuchinobu1159]

Thanks for knowledges. When you say it, it was easy to understand. Right now I'm adopt my first sling. There're so many things to learn. Like, now I wondering about how they interact with water and humidity, how important it is to the spider. It seem there the myth everywhere. 🧐

[@jefferyconforti7686]

Great video. A friend of mine , who hates spiders/tarantulas always asks me questions about my T’s. I will show them this video. Where the heck did you get that anatomical tarantula model? Keep up the good work!

[@tarantulacollective]

I have a whole video on that anatomical model you can watch here, which includes where you can get one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kH_Qap6Dlq56qM0

[@jtreinen762]

Can you do a Care and Husbandry video on the Heteroscodra Maculata, a.k.a. To go Starburst Baboon? They're such an incredibly beautiful species, and there aren't many videos on KZbin about them other than rehousing videos.

[@valleyoclarity7635]

love this video, short and spicy! the animated anatomical pages were very valuable, but they went by too fast!! I was pausing and seeking every time a new page came on screen. are they available to read somewhere?

[@jewellcarpenter6764]

Thoroughly surprised.

[@jessicak.6794]

Super interesting!

[@serjpankow]

Awesome video 👍!!! My friend!!!

[@amazingaquaticsandexotics3030]

love your content

[@tarantulacollective]

Thanks!

[@Azmodaeus49]

Thanks for interesting facts about tarantula.

[@AwoooOga3503]

Oh my God, their toes and the males pedipalps are adorable!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Jetstoanywhere]

Excellent video

[@sebastian.2.311]

Very good editing

[@brandonmclemore2683]

Great work as always question if anyone has advice my gbb has been in pre molt for almost 2 months as a sling is this normal no molt refusal of food and I have noticed his colors have got really dull

[@RemyMartinVSOP]

Great video learned so much. Where did you buy the toy tarantula thing from looks awesome

[@tarantulacollective]

I have an entire video on it you can watch here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kH_Qap6Dlq56qM0

[@RemyMartinVSOP]

@@tarantulacollective thank you

[@msfelixcristy]

This video was dope!

[@jessmorris8037]

Loved this one Richard. Where did you get the spider from that you can take a part it’s awesome!!!

[@jessmorris8037]

Saying that eating my dinner while listening to the digestive ins and out was a little off putting 😂

[@tarantulacollective]

I actually have am entire video on that and it includes a link in the description where you can pick one up if you want. kzbin.info/www/bejne/kH_Qap6Dlq56qM0

[@jessmorris8037]

Don’t know how I’ve not seen that one 😱 I’m bad supporter, sorry man. As soon as the wife goes to bed I’ll watch. 👍🏻

[@tarantulacollective]

@@jessmorris8037 no worries. I think I uploaded it on a Friday, I've been uploading bonus videos on Fridays and I don't think people are use to seeing that and KZbin hasnt been sending out many notifications when I upload recently, for whatever reason.

[@mandyluna]

So cool. Thank you.👏😄

[@alexisward22]

Mind blown!😮

[@robertbrucke6255]

Can you do a video on the togo starburst baboon please.

[@robertbrucke6255]

Btw your awesome dude

[@LizzS17]

How does air get in the book lungs?

[@AshLytton_JesusLovesYou]

I have a 2 year old avicularia avicularia and she has grown sooo much! She has been pretty much a silent observer in our home and sit quietly in her terrarium which is a live eco system itself. I have springtails as my clean up crew and they have been great at keeping her home clean. So I have a question about how I go about cleaning up her webbing she makes or do I even do that? She made a big system up across the top and down the corner of the tank. She recently molted and then destroyed her web by ripping it in half. Do I remove that old stuff or will she do that and I should be patient with her process? I thank you for reading this and if you want to give me a opinion I appreciate it.

[@rkhnd51]

This was great! I learned a few things here. Just wish I could have viewed the sucking diagrams longer.

[@weaslemin7728]

I feel bad for being loud in my house now, I feel as though I've made my gbb uncomfortable

[@youmadbro3961]

Fact number 1: tarantulas go BRRRRE

[@99Michaelthom]

My Green Bottle Blue female has walled herself inside her cork bark hide closing every opening with webbing packed with substrate. She's been in there for nearly 4 months now. How long should I wait before checking to see if she's okay? I've been advised to leave her alone which I have but for how long?

[@mrturveydrop]

Could you tell us which tarantula is on display from 2:37 - 2:41? Mostly black with pink toes and some pink-tipped setae on her legs, please?

[@krystleboyle202]

For me it's more the look of them lol. I don't know why lol... the sucking stomach was not something I wanted to hear while eating dinner 🤣🤣🤣

[@wildoafi3]

So are snakes . Love this channel

[@claredavies21]

Seriously spiders 🕷 are amazing. Tarantulas are just mind blowing. Seriously want one but alas I can’t snuggle in bed with it… ♡︎♡︎

[@MaskBandit6]

Nice

[@danielwilliams1359]

I’ve liked and watched this video before yet I can’t remember😂🤣😂

[@Reels.n.wheels]

Wow so tarantulas technically don’t breath. That’s crazy.

[@jacooosthuyzen9732]

Hi Richard. Thanks for your great videos. I have a question for you about my juvenile Brazilian Blue. He molted more than a month ago, but he is losing hair on his abdomen and I do not know the reason why, because he didn't kick any hair at me. He is also always sitting against the glass of the terrarium. Do you maybe know what could cause him to lose his hair.

[@tarantulacollective]

He may not be kicking hair at you, but it sounds like he is kicking hair around the enclosure. It is typical behavior for tarantulas to kick urticating hair around their burrow and in their web as a defensive measure.

[@jacooosthuyzen9732]

@@tarantulacollective Thank you. I appreciate it.

[@choo22choo]

Where can I get a female Grammostola pulchra/quirogai aka Brazilian Black Tarantula?

[@nickferrari413]

Is there such a thing as a too big enclosure for a tarantula?

[@mrknow-it-all9619]

My Tarantula passed away a few days I don't know why ...Maybe a heat Stroke

[@susanmirarchi7303]

Great info, my question is can a tarantula recognize their owners? After a certain amount of time, do they still feel defensive??

[@DMcC]

My understanding is that tarantulas don't "tame down" in that way --- their nervous system is fairly primitive and they don't demonstrate a lot of higher cognition such as memory. The personalities vary though and I've seen extremely docile tarantulas that tolerate humans just fine, but that's not really the result of them becoming tame, but rather just being super-chill in the first place for whatever reason.

[@susanmirarchi7303]

@@DMcC Thanks so much for the information!😇

[@vanceexotictv5755]

Tarantulas are misunderstood 🔥🔥🔥 Watching From The Philippines 😁 Can I gat a shout-out 😅 big fan

[@Rae.shorts6233]

How old is your striped knee tarantula

[@tarantulacollective]

about 8 years old right now

[@Rae.shorts6233]

Ok

[@Rae.shorts6233]

Mine is like a year old

[@TheAllnPttrsn]

You’re going to tell me at 2:07 that arachnid 🕷 and it’s foot long size, that I would literally have to use to kill it, is more scared of me? Come on. It’s presence alone is frightening. I can see it but it can’t see my height and how I locked up just seeing it from distance. 🫣😰