Everything aboutthe Goliath birdeateris big and terrifying: from an 11-inch leg span to a deadly venom that makes the organs of its victims to shut down and self-digest from the inside. Has a spider ever eaten a human? The myth flies in the face of both spider and human biology, whi...
(3 oz); the biggest of them is the goliath birdeater (Theraphosa blondi) from Venezuela and Brazil weighing in at 150 grams or 5.3 oz with a leg span of up to 30cm (12"), males longer and females wider. One-hundred and eighty-seven years after the goliath birdeater was found, ...