YouTuber JoCho Sippawat, known for his videos about Thailand's wildlife, has discovered the first known tarantula to live exclusively inside bamboo stalks.
JoCho Sippawat, a YouTuber with 2.5 million subscribers and 1.9 million Facebook followers, found the previously unknown tarantula while on a wilderness trip near his home in northwestern Thailand,Upon returning, Sippawat emailed a photo of the tarantula to arachnologist Narin Chomphuphuang, who researches spiders at Khon Kaen University.
“These animals are truly remarkable; they are the first known tarantulas with a bamboo-based ecology,” Chomphuphuang said in a blog post bySippawat and Chomhuphuang did not immediately respond to NBC News' interview request. “This species is unique because it is associated with bamboo, and we have never observed this tarantula species in any other plant,” Chomhuphuang said in a. “Bamboo is important to this tarantula, not only in terms of lifestyle but also because it can only be found in high hill forests in the northern part of Thailand, at an elevation of about 1,000 meters. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are now Thailand’s rarest tarantulas.
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