The goliath bird eater has a leg span of 11 inches, a number topped only by the giant huntsman spider with ... rarely feast on birds and eat insects. These nocturnal tarantulas audibly hiss ...

Prehistoric spiders tended to be larger on average than their modern ... Well, this spider (sometimes misnamed the Goliath bird-eating spider) is huge, but it doesn't eat birds often enough to warrant ...

Prehistoric spiders tended to be larger on average ... Well, this spider (sometimes misnamed the Goliath bird-eating spider) is huge, but it doesn't eat birds often enough to warrant the name.