Next time you sit down to dinner have a look at the size of your dinner plate, and then imagine a spider sitting on it. The Goliath Bird-eating spider of South America would cover your dinner plate measuring in at 25-30 cm – that’s huge. And yes just like it’s name suggests it does eat small birds which it drags from their nests after piercing them with their venomous fangs. Goliath will then carry it down to its burrow for a scrumptious dinner. Besides birds Goliath will eat frogs, snakes, beetles, lizards, bats and baby rats. Unlike the typical silent spider the Goliath bird-eater can make a loud hissing noise by rubbing the bristles on its legs together which is great for us because it lets us know to get up and run! If you want to find out more about Goliath and othe BIG things check out this new book Called “How Big Is It” by Ben Hillman. Talk to you soon. DJ