The Reddit user who posted the video originally had initially believed the spider to have been a Goliath bird eater - the largest spider in the world.

However, Jason Dunlop, from the Museum of Natural History at the Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Research in Germany, believes the spider to be a pink toe tarantula, or a close relative.

He told Newsweek that generally tarantulas don't eat birds, but there are