'The opossum had already been grasped by the tarantula and was still struggling weakly at that point, but after about 30 seconds it stopped kicking.' ...

The word "tarantula" is not commonly used in our everyday language. Yet, everyone immediately knows what it means: a large, hairy spider. Today, people might be more inclined to say "bird spider." ...

This anomaly is officially part of the tarantula family, which has over 1,100 different hairy spider genera. But with its skills and size, it doesn't need to pretend to be any other creature ...

The largest spider in the world is the Goliath birdeater, ... Face-size tarantula (8-inch leg span) Hercules baboon spider (7.9-inch leg span) Colombian giant redleg tarantula ...

That's no average garden spider! Mother, 30, is left in shock after finding a South African tarantula the 'size of her hand' in front of her house ...

The enormous orange tarantula was the size of a human hand (Picture: SWNS) A woman had the fright of her life when she found a bright orange tarantula the ‘size of a hand’ in her garden.

“We looked over and we saw a large tarantula on top of an opossum,” said U-M doctoral candidate Michael Grundler. “The opossum had already been grasped by the tarantula and was still ...