Also known as the Purple Bloom Bird-Eating Spider, this tarantula is an aggressive species from the moist forests of Colombia. They readily flick their urticating hairs from their abdomen.
I repeat, this girl has a bird-eating spider on her face.
You want to know about their use in traditional medicines? I'm not sure how they do it in Colombia, but chances are there's a recipe out there showing how to brew up a nice aphrodisiac from spider bits.
Photo source: AP Photo/William Fernando Martinez
She's nuts. She doesn't have to worry too much about a bite, but getting those hairs in her eye(s) is a very painful recipe for disaster.
ReplyDeleteMy Dad and I watched a Discovery Channel special about tarantulas once, and the bird-eater was featured. I think spiders are so cool. My Dad asked why I didn't get one of the bird-eaters. My reply was "I don't want to lie awake at night wondering if the lid on the terrarium has come off."
ReplyDeleteI have tarantulas, and it is true what anonymous said. It is better to be bitten than get those urticating hairs in your eyeballs.
ReplyDeleteShe is mad.
I thought she was kind of cool, but I'll trust the judgment of those spider types who have tried face tarantulas, and regretted it.
ReplyDeleteYou got to be crazy to do that, this girl should be on Survivor, lol. BTW this is very nice blog of yours. Anna :)
ReplyDeleteVery kind. Thank you.
ReplyDeletevery nice list. too dangerous
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