8 TARANTULA FACTS, ONE FOR EACH LEG:

• Tarantulas can move quickly but most of the time have a slow-motion almost drunken crawl.

• They have bad eyesight and sense movement through vibrations they feel through their hair and their legs.

• Colorado tarantulas do not spin webs – they build burrows.

• Tarantulas bite their prey, like grasshoppers, and they will bite a human, but only if they feel cornered. Most of the time, if they feel threatened by a human, they will back away.

• Tarantulas have big teeth and inject venom into their prey, but if they bite a human, it will most likely be a dry bite.

• A baby tarantula is called a spiderling.

• There are 900 species of tarantulas

• Tarantulas can range from the size of a fingernail to the size of a dinner plate.