today we are going to talk about the
anatomy of a tarantula
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is richard and if you enjoy videos about
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reiterate i am not a biologist and i
have no scientific background i'm just a
guy that keeps and loves tarantulas and
other invertebrates as well as reptiles
amphibians pretty much any exotic pet
but my friends over at arthropods
ambassadors gave me this really cool
gift it is a 40 vision tarantula spider
model at least that's what it says here
and it's stem certified and we're going
to put this together and learn all about
the different parts of a tarantula i
don't want to dissect a real tarantula
or anything like that but i thought this
would be a good opportunity since i get
so many questions from people asking
about different names or different parts
of tarantulas now if you're not familiar
with arthropod ambassadors i will leave
a link form down below in the
description they breed and sell a lot of
mantises and isopods as well as other
invertebrates and they do a lot of
educational work so a huge thanks to
them for sending this out and if you're
interested in getting one for yourself i
will leave an affiliate link for this
product down below in the description as
well now it won't cost you anything
extra to use that link but the channel
does get a small commission from amazon
if you end up purchasing it so that
definitely helps and i always appreciate
the support but to start off what we
have is just the body of the tarantula
you know a lot of holes where stuff is
supposed to go and really the only thing
that's featured on the body that isn't
listed or broken apart are the
spinnerets which this tarantula looks to
be a brachypelma homore or a mexican red
knee tarantula they only have two
spinnerets like most tarantulas now i
think i've got it laid out correctly but
we'll find out as we put it together now
tarantulas have eight legs sometimes
people get confused because they see the
pedops and think they have ten legs but
we'll talk about that in a little bit
right now let's get these legs attached
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now i'm noticing while putting this
together there's definitely a right and
wrong slot for the legs and each of the
little end pieces are slightly different
they got a different little shape so you
know that you're putting it into the
right hole so we got the legs on the
body and you can see there are little
nerves they have what they refer to as
the nerve cord that's running through
some of the legs which is very cool to
see again i'm just going off what is the
little booklet says inside of this i'm
not a scientist or biologist so i guess
what i'm trying to say is don't base a
research paper off of the anatomy that i
describe in this video
i'm just assuming that they know what
they're talking about so the first thing
we're going to put in here is the brain
and the eyes now tarantulas don't have a
brain like you and i do or other mammals
or even reptiles i mean you can see that
it looks a lot different and the eyes
are actually connected directly to the
brain and the eyes are referred to as a
celly which i think is how you pronounce
that but it looks like you just popped
these in here in the top
all right so we've got the eyes set in
here and then on top of the brain we
have these are actually connected
together but you can separate them but
it's the arteries and the mid-gut
branches and the sucking stomach so you
can see this sucking stomach and the
mid-gut branches which are like the
reddish orange color
and then the arteries are the greenish
piece
the sucking stomach we'll just put in
right through the eyes
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and attach it right on top of the brain
next we're going to do the cheliceric
kind of like the fang something that
most people are familiar with and
they're hollow and connected to the
venom gland which you can see this
purple venom gland here that goes down
into the fang
all right fangs are installed let's see
what's next so it looks like the next
piece is the silk glance which there are
two of them they go on either side
so we'll just pop those in there
all right so those are in and the next
piece we have is the sperm receptacle
and ovaries so obviously this is a
female that we're
assembling
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all right so we got that popped in there
now on top of that is the intestine
which has the gastric seca
casa ceca and the stur coral pocket
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and then the last piece to put in there
is essentially the circulatory system
this is the the book lungs and the heart
the book lungs you can definitely see
here the heart is kind of in the middle
of this green part
all right so we got all of that together
so
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and then they have these cool little
see-through domes you can put on there
so that way you like the insides don't
come spilling out
all right so now we have a completely
assembled tarantula and there we go we
have it all together so we've got the
chalicerae or the fangs with the venom
gland we've got the pedopalps we've got
the four legs on each side the carapace
the abdomen and back here the spinnerets
and then just kind of break it down
further this part of the leg would be
the femur the patella
the tinta
the metatarsus
the tarsus then they don't really show
but at the end is the tarsus claw and on
the underside this would be the stem the
cephalo4x
the section where the legs kind of come
from is the coxa
then the book lungs
the epigenum
looks like right here with the
epigastric furrow
and then the crebellum
so if you want to learn more about
spider anatomy this is definitely a
pretty cool thing to pick up for
yourself or your kids or your grandkids
or if you're one of the people out there
that just love tarantulas but for
whatever reason you can't keep one on
your own i would definitely suggest
getting one of these it was it was fun
to put together i hope you enjoyed
watching me put it together though i'm
sure it'll be a lot more fun doing it
yourself and this is a massive tarantula
there's no tarantula i think it gets
this large but it definitely makes for a
cool little display piece as well as an
educational tool again if you if you
like this you want to get one for
yourself i will leave an affiliate link
for it down below in the description as
always i appreciate you watching
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merchandise and i will see you next
tuesday
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