Goliath Bird-Eating Spiders Giant Arachnids

Goliath bird -eating spiders. Giant arachnids. Written by Anne Willis. Focus question. What advantages does the Goliath bird -eating spider have because of its size?

巨人食鸟蛛 巨型蛛形动物 作者：安妮·威利斯 思考问题 巨人食鸟蛛的体型给它带来了哪些优势呢？

A big hairy spider. Goliath bird -eating spiders are very big spiders. They are about the size of a dinner plate. They weigh more than any other spider in the world.

毛茸茸的大蜘蛛 巨人食鸟蛛是体型非常大的蜘蛛 它们差不多有餐盘那么大 它们比世界上其他任何蜘蛛都要重

Like many spiders, Goliath spiders have eight legs and eight eyes. Even with that many eyes, they can't see very well. Their bodies are covered with many tiny hairs.

和很多蜘蛛一样，巨人食鸟蛛有八条腿和八只眼睛 就算有这么多眼睛，它们的视力也不太好 它们的身体上覆盖着很多细小的绒毛

Two body parts. Spiders have two body parts. The mouth, fangs, and legs are in the front part. The back part is for making silk.

两个身体部分 蜘蛛的身体分为两个部分 嘴、毒牙和腿都长在前半部分 后半部分是用来吐丝的

A spider with its legs can be about one foot, 30 centimeters, across. That's as long as a ruler!

把腿算上的话，一只巨人食鸟蛛的宽度大约有1英尺，也就是30厘米 那和一把尺子一样长呢！

Home in the Rainforest. Goliath spiders live in rainforests. The forests are in hot and wet parts of the world. The spiders make their homes in burrows under the ground.

雨林里的家 巨人食鸟蛛生活在雨林里 这些雨林分布在世界上炎热潮湿的地区 这种蜘蛛会在地下的洞穴里筑巢