Jun 30, 2019
Tarantula’s can swim! The large spiders are able to use their legs like paddles and “row across water.” While tarantulas have the ability to swim, it’s definitely not their first-choice activity, according to researchers.
“Swimming mostly entails paddling with their legs in the direction of dry land, as being on the water is dangerous, and exposes tarantulas to predation from both below the water’s surface and from the air,” Haley L. Yorke, a tarantula researcher at the University of Guelph, said. “Thus, tarantulas usually avoid swimming unless they absolutely have to, in order to escape flooding, terrestrial predators, etc.”. (Source)
Paddle paddle paddle
Oh that’s terrifying
