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They have hairs on their abdomen (stomachs) that have sharp little barbs, or pokey things, on them. When threatened, the spider will rub these hairs with their legs and shoot them at their predator. Predators that the tarantula would be afraid of are weasels, hawks, owls, skunks and snakes.

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