Recently opened tarantulas more than your face

Recently, on the island of Sri Lanka has been discovered a new species of tarantulas, named Poecilotheria rajaei. The body of a tarantula gray with splashes of pink and yellow with the feet up to 20 cm in diameter, and a giant spider enough poison to kill mice, lizards, small birds and snakes. Even scientists who study the form, admitted that they were ill at ease because of the size of these arachnids.





Tarantulas are quite rare in nature. Spiders a new species can only be found in India and Sri Lanka. They prefer to live in old trees, but due to deforestation of their number reduced, and sometimes due to lack of suitable habitat can be found in the old abandoned buildings.





Poecilotheria rajaei first noticed in 2009, the year, but in order to prove that the spider with a strange pink stripe on the abdomen is indeed representative of a new species, had to conduct intensive and extensive research in the northern part of Sri Lanka. As a result, it managed to find both males and females with cubs.

via factroom.ru