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Tarantulas are extremely fragile creatures. She probably killed that poor thing.
On the flip side, if it’s a new world tarantula, then they have highly irritating hairs that they’ll spray in the air. Those hairs would be more dangerous than a bite, as a spider has little to no interest in attacking an ape 50x its size.
“It is no bad thing to celebrate a simple life.” Bilbo Baggins The Lord of the Rings