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Giant brown recluse spiders aren't especially aggressive, but when sufficiently provoked they tend to be very nasty, ripping off dwarves's limbs with ease and letting them bleed to death.
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'''Giant brown recluse spiders''' are super-sized versions of the common [[brown recluse spider]] who inhabit [[savage]] [[temperate]] broadleaf [[forest]]s. While their original counterparts are [[vermin]], these [[creature]]s are over three times bigger than a [[dwarf]], and as large as a [[giant cave spider]]. While they aren't particularly aggressive, giant brown recluses will attack if provoked, which can quickly lead to the death of dwarves due to the spider's [[Syndrome|venom]] and immunity to [[No Pain|pain]] and [[No Stun|stunning]]. Their existence in a biome is marked by the presence of their [[web]] in the surface. Unlike giant cave spiders, however, giant brown recluses are unable to spew web as a form of combat, making them considerably easier to kill.
  
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Their venom is as dangerous as normal [[brown recluse spider]]s, but it takes several hours to take effect, is localized to injected area, and most of the bites tend to rip off limbs, making envenomation a bit pointless.
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Giant brown recluse spiders can be captured in [[cage]] [[trap]]s and [[Animal trainer|trained]] into [[pet]]s, possessing the standard giant creature pet value. They are born adults and can't be turned fully tame. While [[Silk farming|farming silk]] out of them may come to mind, it's not as good an idea as it sounds; their silk possesses normal [[item value]], they only produce web sporadically and don't shoot it in huge quantities like a giant cave spider does, and they are extremely short-lived creatures, only living from 1 to 2 years max. All of it makes them a very poor choice for silk production, though you can always [[butcher]] them instead. They are exotic [[mount]]s, so you may witness [[Elf|elves]] riding them during [[siege]]s.  
  
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Unlike [[giant cave spider]]s, giant brown recluse spiders only produce [[web]]s sporadically (like web-weaving [[vermin]]), live for a maximum of two years, and produce silk with the same value as mundane spider [[web]]s, making them a very poor choice for [[silk farming]].
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Some dwarves [[Preferences|like]] giant brown recluse spiders for their ''venomous bite''.
  
 
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Giant brown recluse spider
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Urist likes giant brown recluse spiders for their venomous bite.
Biome

Variations

Brown recluse spider - Brown recluse spider man - Giant brown recluse spider

Attributes
Alignment: Savage

· No Stun · No Pain · Exotic mount · Webs · Syndrome

Tamed Attributes
Pet value 500

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Not hunting/war trainable 

Size
Max: 200,007 cm3

Age
Adult at: Birth
Max age: 1-2
Butchering returns

Food items

Meat 51
Fat 21
Brain 2
Heart 1
Intestines 8
Eyes 2

Raw materials

Skin Chitin
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A huge monster in the shape of a brown recluse spider.

Giant brown recluse spiders are super-sized versions of the common brown recluse spider who inhabit savage temperate broadleaf forests. While their original counterparts are vermin, these creatures are over three times bigger than a dwarf, and as large as a giant cave spider. While they aren't particularly aggressive, giant brown recluses will attack if provoked, which can quickly lead to the death of dwarves due to the spider's venom and immunity to pain and stunning. Their existence in a biome is marked by the presence of their web in the surface. Unlike giant cave spiders, however, giant brown recluses are unable to spew web as a form of combat, making them considerably easier to kill.

Giant brown recluse spiders can be captured in cage traps and trained into pets, possessing the standard giant creature pet value. They are born adults and can't be turned fully tame. While farming silk out of them may come to mind, it's not as good an idea as it sounds; their silk possesses normal item value, they only produce web sporadically and don't shoot it in huge quantities like a giant cave spider does, and they are extremely short-lived creatures, only living from 1 to 2 years max. All of it makes them a very poor choice for silk production, though you can always butcher them instead. They are exotic mounts, so you may witness elves riding them during sieges.

Some dwarves like giant brown recluse spiders for their venomous bite.

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