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The Tarantulas in this movie.

posted 10 years ago by mep1019
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None of the tarantulas in this film are dangerous or look aggressive in any way.

Most of them are the Mexican Redknee tarantula

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_redknee_tarantula

or these kind...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theraphosinae

All about tarantulas here at this Wikipedia link:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarantula

The tarantulas that the characters are actually referring to in the movie are actually the Brazilian wondering spider (the ones that hide in banana crates or coffee crates) and whom can kill with one bite. They are not actual tarantulas but they have the appearance of them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_wandering_spider

[–] kartoon-1 10 years ago

@mep1019

True what you say. But sometimes it's all in the name.

Because if the movie was called: "Banana Spiders!" it would have sounded silly.

But Tarantula has a more ominous sound to it.

After all that's why everyone refers to Dr. Frankenstein's creation by the same name as his creator...it's got the right ring of ominousness to it.

[–] ElectricWarlock 8 years ago

Oh well. I still enjoy the movie either way even if it may not be entirely scientifically accurate.

[–] millsey72 (9547) a year ago

SpiderMan was another movie that portrayed spiders as non scientifically accurate. In that one, there is a radioactive one that bites a teen and gives him superpowers as a result