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Hi there,
just got a small question.
Why do you call the spiders "Tarantulas". In my eyes that's another species of spiders.
Here in Germany we have two different names for the two species. That's on the one hand "Vogelspinne" which means "bird spider" translated word for word. And "Tarantel" which means tarantulas. I think according to the fact how the first name of such a spider was born, which was started by Sybille Merian who painted a spider sitting on a tree eating a bird in 1705. This was the basis on which Linne gave this spider a name: "Aranea avicularia" (from 'avis' (latin) bird). So I think it would be more correct to call them "bird spiders" as well or "bird eating spiders" or something. What do you think?
Greets
Pyrdacor
just got a small question.
Why do you call the spiders "Tarantulas". In my eyes that's another species of spiders.
Here in Germany we have two different names for the two species. That's on the one hand "Vogelspinne" which means "bird spider" translated word for word. And "Tarantel" which means tarantulas. I think according to the fact how the first name of such a spider was born, which was started by Sybille Merian who painted a spider sitting on a tree eating a bird in 1705. This was the basis on which Linne gave this spider a name: "Aranea avicularia" (from 'avis' (latin) bird). So I think it would be more correct to call them "bird spiders" as well or "bird eating spiders" or something. What do you think?
Greets
Pyrdacor