Tarantula fun fact!

[Darth Vehl]

Mexicas (often called Aztecs) called Brachypelma Smithi "Earth Drums" and the word for tarantula in nahuatl (the languaje that they spoke) was "tlasoltokatl"

 

[thatdadlife619]

I love everything history, even when it comes to my t hobby

 

[coolnweird]

Nahuatl was the inspiration behind the new genus name Tliltocatl, when they split Brachypelma! I love when scientific names draw from the culture the spiders are native to