Why would a cobalt blue tarantula bite someone?

Cobalt blue tarantulas are a beautiful spider of the Theraphosidae family and what is classed as old world. They are extremely aggressive and even the spiderlings have been known to attack. read more

Adult pet shop worker transfering a 5 inch cobalt blue, got her finger grabbed, and fanged. The tarantula was flung and killed. The wound was described looking like twin paper cuts on each side of the finger tip. read more

Haplopelma lividum, commonly called the cobalt blue tarantula, is one of the rarest and most beautiful of the approximately 800 tarantula species belonging to the Theraphosidae family of spiders. Indigenous to the rain forests of Vietnam, Malaysia, Laos, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand and Cambodia, it is scarcely encountered due to loss of its natural habitat. read more

The Cobalt Blue tarantula is a medium size tarantula reaching sizes of 13 – 15cm. The Cobalt Blue is a fossorial species, which means that it is adapted to life underground, and it spends nearly all of its time in deep burrows of its own construction. read more

The cobalt blue tarantula inhabits the tropical rain forests of southeast Asia, where they construct deep burrows, and generally only leave them to find food. Pets. The cobalt blue tarantula is a mainstay in the pet trade, despite being a fast and defensive tarantula with potent venom. read more