A tarantula running with six legs, after losing the left front and right rear legs (slowed to 6% of normal speed). CREDIT Hsieh Lab.

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Tarantulas usually wait for prey to come near their burrows, hunting close to their homes, according to a Texas A&M field guide. Their diet mainly consists of insects like crickets, beetles ...

Tarantulas are relatively common throughout Texas. They typically shelter in burrows, natural cavities under logs or stones, spaces beneath loose tree bark and even abandoned rodent holes.

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Researcher Chris Hamilton collects a tarantula in Sonora, Mexico, in an undated photo. Since 2016, Hamilton has been involved in the identification of 15 new species of giant spiders in North America.

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So, tarantulas don’t relearn how to run after losing limbs, and they bend the rules – alternating between limping and running like ants – to continue scampering without missing a beat.

When a tarantula feels threatened, it may flick hairs from its abdomen using its back legs. These urticating hairs are no ordinary strands of hair; they are barbed and covered in microscopic hooks.