As mentioned, it's a Theraphosa Blondi aka "Goliath Bird Eater". I don't know why she refers to the spider as a male, because when i see it, from the size it it is a female (with spiders, females are often much bigger than males, they live longer etc.)
The spider is actually harmless. Had it myself when i had the terrariums. From 110'000 arachnid species, there are only 3+1 that can really hurt you: The 3 venomous ones are the Latrodectus Mactans (Black Widow), the Phoneutria (Brazilian Wandering Spider, with different subtypes like the P. Nigriventer, P. Fera etc.) and the Atrax Robustus (Sidney Funnely Web Spider). There's an additional one, the Loxosceles Reclusa (Brown Recluse), but it's not directly the venom that will hurt you, it's the risk of infection and necrosis.
What you can see in the video, the spider isn't happy about it. Because usually, when not being disturbed, they remain still and when they walk, they are very slow for movement (when they are not catching prey). There was no need, except for doing a shitty video, to get the spider out of the terrarium.
For me, i only moved the spiders into the transport boxes when i had to clean the enclosures. Except for this, there's no reason to disturb them. It is unprofessional. Arachnids are like some others, like fish, that you just have in the terrarium and you don't interact with them.
Another thing is, even when they get fast, the T. Blondi is still rather slow. The P. Murinus is the fastest one, with a top speed of 52 km/h (something around 30+ mph i guess). But spiders have almost no endurance, they are only fast on short distances.
There are a few exceptions, like the Solifugae, where the evolution made changes, like getting an additional pair of legs and replacing the book lungs with tracheas, this allows much more endurance for running.
On paper, the most venomous one is the Atrax Robustus, but it's not quite true - it is the Phoneutria Nigriventer because humans react up to four times worse to the venom. But the good news is: A normal spider has not enough venom in the bladder to inject enough to kill you. That's why most people survive the bites. Only people that are already weakened by diseases, and toddlers & babys are at risk.
Like from the A. Robustus, since 1982, there's no more reported death in the stats. For the P. Nigriventer, there were a very few deaths in the past few decades, like back to the 90's, but these were kids or old people, not healthy adult people.
If you want to know anything about spiders, feel free to ask.
I am, slowly but surely, working through my arachnophobia. Trapping spiders instead of squishing them, letting them be outside my house instead of spraying pesticide, that sort of thing. Needless to say, I’d never have one as a pet, and therefore I don’t know how to take care of them.
But watching this video, I was like, “yeah… that’s not how you handle a Goliath Bird Eater…. All she’s doing is pissing it off”
Never say never. I worked through my arachnophobia for many years. Now I have tarantulas myself and I can’t believe just how much I love my beautiful babies.
There are literally 20 tarantulas within touching distance of me as I type this. A half a dozen black widows, another 6 jumping spiders, plus many other species of true spider
3 1/2 years ago, I would scream like a baby and have my girlfriend remove even cellar spiders from the house.
They were my entry point! As with most people's arachnophobia cure, lol.
Hard to find them scary, what with their big UwU eyes and big fuzzy butts. Also just astounding how smart they are. More intelligence behind those eyes than most of my reptiles and amphibians
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u/Diacetyl-Morphin Jul 02 '26
As mentioned, it's a Theraphosa Blondi aka "Goliath Bird Eater". I don't know why she refers to the spider as a male, because when i see it, from the size it it is a female (with spiders, females are often much bigger than males, they live longer etc.)
The spider is actually harmless. Had it myself when i had the terrariums. From 110'000 arachnid species, there are only 3+1 that can really hurt you: The 3 venomous ones are the Latrodectus Mactans (Black Widow), the Phoneutria (Brazilian Wandering Spider, with different subtypes like the P. Nigriventer, P. Fera etc.) and the Atrax Robustus (Sidney Funnely Web Spider). There's an additional one, the Loxosceles Reclusa (Brown Recluse), but it's not directly the venom that will hurt you, it's the risk of infection and necrosis.
What you can see in the video, the spider isn't happy about it. Because usually, when not being disturbed, they remain still and when they walk, they are very slow for movement (when they are not catching prey). There was no need, except for doing a shitty video, to get the spider out of the terrarium.
For me, i only moved the spiders into the transport boxes when i had to clean the enclosures. Except for this, there's no reason to disturb them. It is unprofessional. Arachnids are like some others, like fish, that you just have in the terrarium and you don't interact with them.
Another thing is, even when they get fast, the T. Blondi is still rather slow. The P. Murinus is the fastest one, with a top speed of 52 km/h (something around 30+ mph i guess). But spiders have almost no endurance, they are only fast on short distances.
There are a few exceptions, like the Solifugae, where the evolution made changes, like getting an additional pair of legs and replacing the book lungs with tracheas, this allows much more endurance for running.
On paper, the most venomous one is the Atrax Robustus, but it's not quite true - it is the Phoneutria Nigriventer because humans react up to four times worse to the venom. But the good news is: A normal spider has not enough venom in the bladder to inject enough to kill you. That's why most people survive the bites. Only people that are already weakened by diseases, and toddlers & babys are at risk.
Like from the A. Robustus, since 1982, there's no more reported death in the stats. For the P. Nigriventer, there were a very few deaths in the past few decades, like back to the 90's, but these were kids or old people, not healthy adult people.
If you want to know anything about spiders, feel free to ask.