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Published online 17 March 2008 | Nature 452, 265- (2008) | doi:10.1038/452265a
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Given the size of some tarantulas, the smallness of many hummingbirds, and the relatively mature appearance of some nestling hummingbirds, it doesn't seem to me that a hummingbird would be "too grand" a meal for a tarantula. There seem to be several species (in different genera) of tarantula of sufficient size and reputation for taking at least nestling birds as to be named "Bird Eating..."