Tarantulas are related to scorpions, ticks and mites. They have eight eyes as well as eight legs. Some tarantulas are less than an inch and some are up to 4 inches. Tarantulas live from 2 to 28 years. Habitat Tarantulas usually live in wet jungles.
Some tarantulas also live in desserts.
Physical Characteristics Tarantulas have weird characteristics. Tarantulas have fangs that move from side to side. They also carry venom in there body's that can spread if they bite you. Food Tarantulas eat many things. They eat cockroaches, crickets, beetles, moths, mice, and even small birds.