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=I'M STUDYING MOUSE SPIDERS=

=__Why is it called a mouse spider?__= The name mouse spider comes from the mistaken belief that this spider digs a deep mouse-like hole.

=__What does it look like?__= The female is bigger than the male and the female has a white or black bottom. //**Body** -// Females have short thick legs
 * (Female)**
 * //Colour//** - Black or Dark Brown
 * //Size// -** Can grow as long as 3 centimeters

The Male mouse Spider is smaller than the female. palps which look like an extra pair of legs that the male uses for sense, eating and movement. //**Size**// - Can grow as long as 2 centimeters.
 * (Male)**
 * //Colour//** - Black
 * //Body//** - They have longer legs than females and have long

=__Where does it live?__= The mouse spider is a type of trapdoor spider and lives in a burrow in the ground which has a hinged lid on top. This protects it from other animals and the weather. You can find them across most of Australia but not in tropical rainforests.

=__What does it eat?__= The mouse spider usally eats other insects, spiders and even small vertebrates.

=__What eats the mouse spider?__= Some of the animals that eat the mouse spider are wasps, centipedes, scorpions and bandicoots.

=Does it Bite?= If distrubed a mouse spider will rear up on its hind legs in a defensive display. There have been very few reported bites by a mouse spider but it is beleived that the venom is very toxic and similar to the venom of a funnel web spider.

=__FAST FACTS!!!!__= = =
 * The mouse spider is 1-3cm in length
 * It lives underground in a hole
 * The female is larger then the male
 * It is Black in colour
 * It lives across most of Australia but not in rainforests
 * Its venom is very toxic