English report on eating chicken spiders in Peru

During the day, Martin Nicholas is an ordinary person. But at night, he became Spider-Man, a nickname he earned because hundreds of spiders shared his small apartment in Bracknell. Martin traveled around the world, looking for the most intuitive individual among the 35,000 known spiders ... the tarantula.

Now he is looking for the world's most Okumo title contender in Peru, currently held by Venezuelan Goliath Birdeater of 1 1 inch. Martin's prey is an catalogued species. It is called "chicken eater" because witnesses claim to have seen it drag the chicken into the cave on the edge of the jungle clearing. It is estimated that it is about 1 0 inch from one hairy foot to the other. This is the wild land he is going to enter. Some trees can walk, and wandering spiders live here. Their venom is 18 times more deadly than American black widows.

Martin told the story behind his job search:

There are about 800 species of tarantulas in the world-at least those have been discovered.

It is estimated that there may be as many unknown species in rainforests, tropical shrubs and savanna all over the world.

Chicken spiders have been identified as one of these new species. It was identified as belonging to Pamphobeteus.

Chicken spider is not only a new species in science, but also questions many recognized facts about tarantulas, which have existed for nearly a century.

For example, tarantulas are considered strictly solitary animals. Usually little spiders-or young spiders-will spread out quickly once they come out of their nests. This is because once the young spiders hatch, the maternal instinct of the female tarantula will not last long. She began to look for food and fasted during the incubation period. Any little spider left in the nest will appear on the menu!

Chicken spiders can not only tolerate offspring shortly after hatching, but also share caves with generations of offspring. There are as many as 50 spiders in a cave, and there are a lot of healthy spiders in the surrounding forest. There is evidence that this extraordinary spider has suppressed any aggressive response to its cave companions, and has actually learned to cooperate in catching prey, and it can hunt larger animals than acting alone.

This unique tarantula undoubtedly evolved from its unique environment. Tambopata Nature Reserve is one of the most desolate and remote rainforest areas on earth. It is located on the edge of the Amazon basin in southeastern Peru, and the source of Tambopata River flows out of the Andes. The forest is a strange transitional area, where the flora and fauna of mountains and tropical rainforests are mixed together, creating a biodiversity unmatched anywhere else on earth.

In this melting pot of natural habitat, chicken spiders have grown to a huge proportion. The largest specimen observed during the production of the program is 95 mm long, and A Le Gasban is 250 mm long, which is as big as a dinner plate. Does the real giant of the spider world live in Tampopata Forest? It's quite possible.