newtoyou wrote:
Shame it died. These make good 'pets'.
Docile and large, one of the more popular 'Tarantulas' in the 70's.
Tho Tarantulas are European, the name has been applied to these "Hairy Mygalomorphs", as they are known, too.
The largest, in S. A., are 10 inches in leg span and eat birds.
Eaten, they "taste like lobster".
Bill
They do not eat birds, they are not that big. I have one. It is called a Goliath Birdeater, but it does not eat birds. With its legs outstretched it barely fits on a dinner plate