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The Common Descent Podcast
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How to Climb Tarantulas
You have to master the slow walk. They're also really fragile, aren't they? Yeah. The way I've heard it described is if you were to like just holding one at chest height, drop them onto the floor, they will effectively shatter. That's what I've heard too. Like they crack because their exoskeleton is big and tough, but it's not flexible. So it can't take impacts. No, which is why they're mostly terrestrial on the ground. And when they do climb, it's very, very careful. Oh yeah. It's big spiders. Well, tarantulas aren't, at least some species of tarantulas are among the largest
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