![]() That they get the right housing and lighting and everyone is eating, getting their baths and taking water. “It took a lot of research to make sure they get the food they need to thrive and create the environment they will be happy in,” he said. For example his ball pythons origins are in Africa, so he put a lot of African type plants in their tank. The goal being to ensure they had the right kind of food and an environment as close to their natural environment as possible. Paulsen admits that before he bought his first tarantula he did a lot of research and then continued doing more afterwards. Paulsen said he hopes to breed many of these tarantulas and help save species said to be in danger of extinction. The size of a dinner plate, it is the largest spider on the planet in terms of size and mass although second to the giant huntsman spider when it comes to leg span. Since then it’s been one exotic pet after another with more on order.Ĭurrently he has an Indian ornamental tarantula which is the most venomous one he owns, a zebra stripe knee tarantula, a Vietnamese centipede, one vinegaroon scorpion and a bearded dragon - the latter being a popular variety of lizard - named Digits.īut he’s got more tarantulas on order including a couple of Gooty sapphire tarantulas that are a beautiful bright blue color and also a goliath birdeater. He wasn’t afraid of reptiles or other animals, it was just spiders.īut after ordering a tarantula for work, he got interested, read a book and went out and ordered his first tarantula. Growing up he said he’d freak out if he saw a spider in the bathtub. Learn how many of history’s most fearsome beasts are actually based on real animals, and explore over 450 years of monster illustrations on Flickr.M ark Paulsen will be the first one to admit that he’s a former arachnophobe. They have all sorts of ghoulishly fun content on monsters this week. If you find this spider post too mundane for your Halloween holiday, you might wish to explore the beasties being highlighted by the Biodiversity Heritage Library, of which the Library of Congress is a member. To learn more about spiders and their webs, check out the Library’s Everyday Mystery “ How do Spiders Avoid Getting Tangled in their Webs”. In addition, spiders have moveable claws on their feet that grip and release the web’s threads as they walk. They will typically avoid walking on the sticky silk. Many spiders use webs to entangle their prey, but have you ever wondered how spiders themselves don’t get stuck? The short answer is that spiders are able to spin sticky and non-sticky silk. In nature there are many different types of web weaving spiders- there are the orb, funnel, sheet, and cob weavers. It is hard to not notice that during Halloween we decorate our homes and yards with craftily constructed webs complete with spider effigies. Illustration from the Sheet Music of Spider to the Fly (McCurrie & Weber, San Francisco, 1875). Some scientists suggest there are over 42,000 species with many, many more left to be discovered. We do not know the exact number of species of spiders worldwide. There is even a spider with horns, the Spined Micrathena! The Biodiversity Heritage Library showcased this spider in its Book of the Week: Halloween Special blog post, along with the illustrated 19th century American Spiders and their Spinningwork. They range from the minute pinhead sized Patu digua to the goliath tarantula (Theraphisa leblondi) whose legs can span a dinner plate. The diversity of colors, shapes, and sizes found in ‘Spiderdom’ is astounding. I suffer from a case of Arachnophilia (love of spiders). , Tarantula, 1955 & Arachnophobia, 1990), and nursery rhymes (e.g., There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly and Little Miss Muffet). ![]() ![]() One can find pictographs of spiders on the walls of the ancient site of Göbekli Tepe in Turkey, as well as references to spiders in mythology, creation stories, folklore, art, jewelry, poetry, literature, songs, medicinal remedies, Hollywood movies (e.g. Without a doubt, we have forged a special relationship with these eight-legged wonders. Spiders have been spinning their webs across the planet for hundreds of millions of years. McCook’s American spiders and their spinningwork, v II, plate I.
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