Brazilian salmon pink birdeater
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Lasiodora parahybana |
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Introduction
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Anatomy
[[ Tarantulas body length can range anywhere from two to five cm. ( 3-12’’) with a leg span of any where between eight to thirty centimeters(3-12’’) The greatest species of tarantulas can weigh up over nine point one-tenth of a gram (0.3 ounces) the Bird eater along with Lasiodora klugi and others rival the size of the largest tarantula. The bird eater may reach seven and a half to ten inches. Its body when it is young is covered by pink hair but while the abdomen is a slightly darker pink. When it reaches an adult, the color changes to brown-black with tibiae and patellae lateral strips, which is reddish brown, of curly hairs on the abdomen and legs.
The Brazilian Salmon Pink Bird Eater is part of the Phylum of the arthropods. Therefore because of this it must rely on exoskeleton support, much like all invertebrates. The Bird Eaters body is formed of two parts, a Prosomn and an abdomen. The prosoma is also known as the cephalthoray, while the abdomen is known as the opisthosoma. These two main body parts are connected together by a pregenital somite, the pregenital somite is also known as a peclide. The peclide is what allows the two bodies to move, it is attached to the prosoma and allows the opisthosoma to twist in a waist like motion. Attached to the prosoma are the bird eater’s eight legs, their pedipalps and two chelicerae’s. A tarantula has four pairs of legs, but for every leg there are seven segments: The coax, Trochanter, Femur, Patella, Tibia, Tarsus and the pertarsus. These seven segments all form a function of a leg. At the end of each leg there are two to three claws that are able to retract back into the body. The claws are used for climbing, or gripping when hanging upside down. Surrounding each claw are scopulas, tiny hairs that assist the spider with climbing. When the tarantula walks the first and third leg on one side of the body move simotaliously with the second and forth legs on the opposing side if the body. A tarantula’s leg muscles cause bending at the joints, but to extend the leg out when walking or running blood is pumped into the leg to raise blood pressure in the leg causing it o extend. The tarantula is also equipped with two pairs of appendages. The first are the pedipulps that are used for feeling grabbing and in mating. The seound pair of appendages are the cheliceraes that are appendages that the fangs are attached to.]]
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Body Systems
[[When the tarantula eats it must transform its prey into liquid form. This is a result of the tarantula’s mouth, located under the chelicerae on the front lower part of the spiders prosoma, is just a short straw tube that can only pass liquid through. Therefore when the tarantula injects a prey that has large amounts of solid parts with solid parts it also coats it with a digestive juice that is secreted from openings in the chelicerae. Then the liquefied prey is sucked down by the powerful muscular contraction by what is called the ‘’sucking stomach’’. Then the liquefied food runs the length of the spiders’ body through the digestive organs where it enters the intestines. Once in the intestines it is broken down to sizes small enough to pass through the walls of the intestinal walls. From there it enters the hemolymph (bloodstream) and the protein is transported to the whole body by the bloodstream.]]
Venomous Bites
Reproduction
Ecology
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References
- [1] unknown, wikipedia, 2009.
- [ http://www.exotic-pets.co.uk/salmon-pink-birdeater-tarantula.html Brazilian Salmon Pink Eater ] unknown, Exotic pets,2005-2009 .
- http://jrscience.wcp.muohio.edu/nsfall01/FinalArticles/FINALLABPACKET.Tarantulas.html FINAL LAB PACKET: Tarantulas & Climate] Allison Mouch, Audrey MacWood, Kelly Alter, Nick Anderson , Michigan State University, 12:39 pm 12/7/01
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