What people are known to eat tarantula omelettes?

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What people are known to eat tarantula omelettes?

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Last updated Dec 28 2016.

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The Piaroa Indians say the tarantula has some mystical power; they also eat tarantulas, as well as have tarantula omlets by squeezing its eggs out of its abdomen and heating them up through thick banana leaves.

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Response last updated by gtho4 on Dec 28 2016.
Jul 06 2010, 5:05 PM

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Answer 1

Who eats tarantula omelettes?

Despite its frightening appearance, the tarantula spider s regarded as a delicacy by a number of cultures around the world. The Piaroa Indians of Venezuela enjoy eating the big, hairy, bird-eating goliath tarantula, which has a leg span of 25 cm and an abdomen the size of a tennis ball. The whole thing is the size of a dinner plate!

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