A Goliath Bird-Eating Spider is about 4-6 inches long. Its
colors are black and brown. It has hair that looks almost like
fur. It eats mostly insects, but it can also eat baby birds. Even
though its name favors eating birds, these spiders hardly ever
eat birds. The level of the rainforest the Goliath Bird-Eating
Spider lives in is the understory. This spider lives in the Amazon
Rainforest.
This spider is part of the tarantula family. Most tarantulas are
nocturnal, including this one. One of its close relatives is called
the Bird Spider. The Goliath Bird-Eating Spider and the Bird Spider
both live in South America.