Bird-eating tarantula sheds its skin

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Footage has emerged from the US of a large, bird-eating spider shedding its skin its cage.

The video, filmed in Arizona, shows the Brazilian salmon pink bird-eating tarantula - otherwise known as Lasiodora Parahybana - lying on its back and getting rid of its old coat.

Although the clip was filmed in 2014, it has only recently emerged online.