King baboon spider
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| phylum | Arthropoda | The King baboon spider is a burrowing spider. It puts silk at the burrow's entrance to detect vibrations. These spiders hunt beetles, cockroaches, and other spiders, although they can kill mice, lizards, snakes, and birds. Like all old world spiders, the king baboon tarantula has no urticating hairs, and can be very defensive. It can grow up to 20 cm in leg span and have very strong venom (although none of the tarantulas are known to have a bite that is deadly to humans).
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| class | Arachnida | |
| order | Araneae | |
| family | Theraphosidae | |
| genus | Pelinobius | |
| species | P. muticus |
