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2 unusual facts about Chilean rose tarantula


Spider toxin

A representative of this group is hanatoxin, a 35 amino acid peptide toxin which was isolated from Chilean rose tarantula (Grammostola rosea, syn. G. spatulata) venom.

Wingham Wildlife Park

This new centre houses a hands on animal encounter hall in which both schools and general visitors are given the chance to hold bearded dragons, Corn snake and a Chilean rose tarantula, while being given an educational talk about them.


Brachypelma

Large spiders used in Hollywood movies (e.g. Indiana Jones, The Mummy Returns) are often Brachypelma smithi or Brachypelma emilia because they are very docile, though the much less expensive and only moderately more aggressive Chilean rose tarantula is frequently used as well.


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