| Show BIRD EATING SPIDERS huge tarantula which live on hwa ining birda ami mice the london pall mall budget gives sketches of the two bird eating spiders which mr T terry of tho the grange borough green kent recently pre rented to the london zoo they X toco na V 00 ai I 1 IG et 11 t awk measure about six inch inches from rom end nd to end of legs their bodies being about two inches long the female is blade black the male being lighter and less heavy they are fed on oil cockroaches and other insects the remains of which we have seen about the cage and an occasional mouse for a treat their poison isso is so deadly that a s small r lall animal is killed hilled instantly st mr terry writes as follows con concerning corning those interesting spiders in some newspaper reports they are described as the brazilian bird eating cating spiders in others that they eat cat in a good fat bird these spiders were obtained by me in port of spain trinidad under the grui guidance dance of my friends mr moule and mr ar II Il oadley living there two of the most enthusiastic natural ests I 1 have ever met especially among de deadly ily insects and snakes these spiders no doubt live on young birds of the smallest kind humming birds also mice their bite often causes death to man and at any time a most terrible fever the spiders I 1 have in my p possession os s I 1 feed on cockroaches sand beetles and moths I 1 have also tried them N with ith very young sparrows |
