Often, they will find a cool, dry hole to live in. They do not live together. Each tarantula is fiercely individual, having its own hole and eating and sleeping patterns. Often, food is dragged into the home to eat. This can range from a small bug to a baby bird.
Tarantulas often shed their hair repeatedly during their lives.
They are know to live from ten to fifteen years, sometimes even thirty. They mate at about ten years of age, after which the female raises her eggs, and the male usually dies. Sometimes, the male is killed during the mating process itself, because the female takes his sperm inside her, then releases it herself into her burrow. She may, at times, eat the male for extra energy during the birthing process. Tarantulas can be found at most pet stores.