YouTuber uncovers new species of tarantula. The spider crawls out of bamboo stalk

A wildlife YouTuber from Thailand, JoCho Sippawat, was the first to discover a new species of tarantula that exclusively live in Thailand's bamboo stalks.

Sippawat found the tarantulas while traveling through a forest near Mae Tho, Mueang Tak district, Tak province, northwestern Thailand, according to a researchers blog posted by Pensoft.

The new tarantula species was named Taksinus in honor of the Thai king Taksin the Great.

What makes this new species different than all others?

It's the only one known to have a 'bamboo-based ecology" and a habitat in Northern Thailand. Their nests inside the bamboo trees range from 2–3 cm in size and "feature a silk-lined tubular burrow, either in the branch stub or in the middle of the bamboo culms."

However the tarantulas cannot bore into the tree themselves, instead they rely on the assistance of bamboo borer beetles, worms, carpenter bees and rodents nearby, according to a news release.

There are several benefits to the tarantulas calling bamboo their home: Its slippery surface helps keep predators away and the moisture locked into bamboo keeps the spiders' temperatures balanced, according the news release.

"These animals are truly remarkable; they are the first known tarantulas ever with a bamboo-based ecology," said Narin Chomphuphuang in the blog post.

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Chomphuphuang added there are most likely more species and wildlife yet to discover in Thailand's vast forests.

“Few people realize how much of Thailand's wildlife remains undocumented,” Dr. Chomphuphuang points out. “Thai forests now cover only 31.64% of the country's total land area. We are primarily on a mission to research and save the biodiversity and wildlife within these forests from extinction, especially species-specific microhabitats.”

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