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| 1. Spiders: What is the Latin name for spiders? Where can you find wild spiders? What is the body like? What is the size of the smallest spider? Of the largest one? What do you call a young spider? | Orkin Zoo |
| 2. Tarantulas: What is a tarantula? What is special about the hair? How big do they get? | TARANTULAS |
| 3. Its body and life cycle: What are the two types (hint: where does each live)? What are the fangs called? Does it have a brain? It molts during its life cycle; what does this mean? | tarantulas @ National Geographic |
| 4. Dangerous?: How dangerous is its bite? Does it have fangs? What about the hair? Should you touch one? | Impact of Tarantula Defenses on Humans |
| 5. Basic info: Just how does it body look? | Basic Tarantula Care |
| 6. Terminology: What is a pedipalp? What are the chelicerae? | Tarantula Terminology |
| 7. Chilean Rose Tarantulas: Is this a good choice for a classroom? How long does a male live? How long does a female live? What do they eat? | Woodland
Park Zoo Santa Barbara Zoo |
| 8. Live CAM: View a tarantula, in real time! | Tarantula Cam Live!! |
| 9. All those colors! A lot of varieties, but notice not all the animals shown are tarantulas, or even spiders. Are they all arachnids? | The Tantula Pages |
| 10. Reading more: A great place to answer more of your questions | The American Tarantula Society |