Chilean spider farm

Gone are the days when only birds, dogs, cats and small rodents were pets. Now it is fashionable to have more exotic animals. For example, spiders - tarantulas. Surprisingly, the popularity of these arthropods is only increasing every year. Everyone has long known that demand creates supply, so even entire farms for growing tarantulas have appeared. We will tell you about one of them, located in Chile, today.

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1. Spider Farm was founded in 2006 by Juan Carlos Orellana (pictured) in the small Chilean town of Batuco. To date, more than five thousand pets live in the terrariums of the farm.

2. The size of an adult varies from fourteen to seventeen centimeters, but despite this, the nature of spiders is quite peaceful and calm.

3. Tarantulas are grown for export to European and Asian countries.

4. The life span of males and females of this species of arthropods is different. In males, it does not exceed three years, and females can reach thirty-five years.

5. Farm workers demonstrate their wards.

6. On the farm, spiders are kept in special terrariums.

7. Spider - tarantula in all its glory.

8. One of the inhabitants of the Chilean spider farm.

9. Despite its name, the main diet of spiders is still not birds, but insects and small spiders.

10. Constant feeding meat food can lead to the death of the animal.

11. To avoid cases of cannibalism, each individual is kept in a separate terrarium.

12. Only farm-hatched spiders.

13. Little spiders.

14. Farm workers are busy distributing new spiders in terrariums.

15. Spider-tarantula.

16. In the event of any threat before this, a calm spider can bite its owner.

17. A tarantula spider on the hand of a girl working on a farm.

18. Farm owner Juan Carlos Orellana is going to take the spiders to the local pet store.

19. A boy watches a tarantula sitting in a terrarium.