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By day this tarantula lives in the sleeping bag-shaped web it has spun. At night
it leaves the web which camouflages it and goes hunting.
The body of the tarantula is covered in hairs which work like an early warning
system. These hairs are so sensitive that they can even perceive vibrations in
the air set up by sound.
