Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 10 hours ago

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Deep in the Amazon rainforest, a giant Brazil nut tree towers above the jungle canopy. But hidden in its shadow lies a mysterious creature that locals call the chicken eating spider. Subscribe to Our World: bit.ly/3xnPuGL

British tarantula expert Martin Nicholas eagerly heads towards the Peruvian Amazon, inspired by a letter he's received about a local legend, that of the deadly chicken spider: an arachnid is so big that it preys on chickens from local farms.

This film was first broadcast: 2004

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