Video: Discovery of Electric Blue Tarantula

Posted on July 6, 2024



This video shows the discovery of an electric blue tarantula species in Thailand last year.

It is the first tarantula species discovered in a Thai mangrove forest. It was named Chilobrachys natanicharum.

The species had been part of the commercial tarantula market before it was officially discovered.

Local wildlife YouTuber JoCho Sippawat was part of the discovery team.

A research paper on the tarantula can be found in ZooKeys.

More Videos to Watch

  • Video: SpaceX Polaris Dawn Mission will Include First Commercial Spacewalk
  • WHO Declares Mpox Outbreak a Global Health Emergency
  • Video: Reservoir of Liquid Water Deep Beneath Surface of Mars
  • FDA Approves Neffy, Fisst Nasal Epinephrine Spray
  • Video: Carcinization: Animals Evolving Into Crab-like Creatures