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Baku Zoological Park

Tarantula spiders

Size and weight

27 cm

Nutrition

Their diet consists of insects and small spiders

Life Span

30 years

Reproduction

50-2000 eggs

Conservation status

To date, 19 species of tarantulas are on the Red List of Threatened Species, most of them native to the Asian region (IUCN 2019).

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Tarantulas are found on all continents except for Antarctica

Tarantulas are venomous