Tarantulas may also use their fangs to bite if necessary. Tarantulas grow by molting, a process where they shed their old ...

This can take about six to nine weeks, depending on the type of tarantula. A few weeks after the baby spiders are born, they go off on their own. As the spiders grow, they molt or shed their outer ...

For the pinktoe tarantula, the biggest threat to a human is likely its hair. While it hatches without it, this species develops more and more of it with each molt as it gets older and bigger.