Talk:Goliath birdeater

message: The pictures kinda suck.  Can we do better?  97.103.96.202 (talk) 14:35, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: In fact, the second and third picture show another species, T. stirmi, as evidenced by the lack of hairs on the patella ("knee"). First picture is indeed T.blondi. 87.214.33.160 (talk) 21:54, 25 October 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Is that really the diagnostic feature for these two species? If you can provide a peer-reviewed source for this as a differentiating feature, I can go ahead and rename the misidentified images. Dyanega (talk) 00:18, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eh 

message: This article plagiarizes parts of the webpage: http://www.worsleyschool.net/science/files/biggest/spider.html, and that is just what I found after about 5 minutes of looking around. It doesn't matter if the page I found is the original writer or not, the words are nearly exactly the same.
Please have the decency and respect to write the information in your own words. ...and people wonder why Wikipedia is considered a bad source for school and university projects/reports. 24.141.76.19 (talk) 19:53, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Plagiarism 

message: "[...]these spiders have up to a 32 foot long leg span[...]"
I'm guessing that isn't correct, but I don't know what it should say, 3.2 feet? Woscafrench (talk) 00:28, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: @Woscafrench The Giant huntsman spider has the biggest LEGSPAN, but the Goliath Birdeater is the HEAVIEST spider. Wikifan153 (talk) 08:37, 13 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wat 

message: Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't it standard Wiki format to only include the first letter of the Genus. I mean to match the rest of the site it should be "T. Blondi", no?--72.241.211.115 (talk) 16:31, 24 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The first time the genus is mentioned it should be written in full. Thereafter, it is normally abbreviated to the initial. Syneil (talk) 20:53, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Species name 

message: How big are these spiders? Big enough to eat birds i guess.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.88.228.187 (talk) 23:48, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  How Big? 

message: The first paragraph says that they primarily eat birds.  The Diet section says they don't.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.182.99.155 (talk) 14:23, 17 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Diet 

message: What, they don't eat or sleep?  And they live for 25 years?  That's a lot of mating.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.178.50.42 (talk) 09:20, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Females always mate... 

message: "Feeding of the Messina species is discouraged..." The Messina species of what? Is it a cockroach, cricket or spider?
"...risk of the tarantula becoming a tool." I'm assuming this means something to people who keep spiders but exactly what it might mean is beyond me.
197.87.223.104 (talk) 18:47, 2 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Enigmatic statements 

message: In response to threats, Goliath birdeaters stridulate by rubbing setae on their pedipalps and legs. 96.61.81.157 (talk) 14:37, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Best sentence ever 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: This article is overall interesting article and has some good general information. I believe that there could be a more in depth discussion on the social (or non social) behavior, especially since they live for so long. Is there a known understanding of how the spiders compete for their burrows and territories? These behaviors are important knowledge to share if they are available because they can help to give significance to their mating, foraging, and rearing behaviors. On a different note, I feel as though this article had some casual language that could be cleaned up a bit to help this be less biased and that much more informative.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shaynarosenbloom (talk • contribs) 02:41, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Language Usage and Overall Content 

message: This entry could be further supplemented with the addition of 3 more categories: Mating, Parental Care, and Social Behavior. While there is a Behavior category for this entry, it only largely focuses on the defense mechanism and feeding (typical diet of the spiders). More information on their social behavior could certainly highlight how these spiders potentially work in groups to facilitate their “opportunistic predatory behavior,” especially considering their wide spanning diet. A category on mating would be helpful in understanding their reproductive cycle, and how they maximize production of the best quality eggs, perhaps leaning towards specific eggs, in terms of size or mass. Finally, additional information on parental care would tell the readers what specific mechanisms or steps these spiders take to ensure their reproductive success and reduce their offspring mortality. Parental Care is important in understanding how natural selection works.  
Dyklee (talk) 04:07, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Behavioral Ecology Assignment 

message: Potential content for "In Popular Culture" section:
In the 1958 film Earth vs. the Spider, the titular spider is referred to as a "birdeater."
EricE (talk) 03:25, 31 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  In Popular Culture: Earth vs. the Spider 

message: Birds I guess 47.196.109.97 (talk) 03:54, 15 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  What do they eat