Tarantula - Lincoln Park Zoo Poem by Ima Ryma

Tarantula - did get my name
From Italy - Taranto town,
Where humans thought from my bite came
Hysteria caused falling down.
Humans tend to blame anything.
My bite is less bad than a bee.
Much better for my spidering
Are hairs that are special to me.
From my tummy they can be thrown,
And will turn lights out for small prey.
Hairs hitting humans have been known
To make the humans go away.

See me at Lincoln Park Zoo, where
If you are good, I won't throw hair.