US | tarantula 5-Inch Tarantula Escapes on Mass. Campus But don't worry, he's not dangerous ... though he does bite By Evann Gastaldo Posted Sep 4, 2015 6:01 PM CDT Copied Idlewild Elementary second grader Nathanial Ivy holds Legs, a tarantula, at the Memphis, Tenn., school, Friday, March 1, 2013, in Memphis. (AP Photo/The Commercial Appeal, Kyle Kurlick) A tiger was recently roaming the streets of a California neighborhood, there's a deadly king cobra on the loose in Florida, and on the UMass Lowell campus, there's a tarantula missing. But don't worry: While perhaps scary (it's 4 to 5 inches long), the spider is not dangerous, according to "missing" posters put up by Dr. Rick Hochberg, an associate professor of biology at the school. Oh, but he does bite. The posters promise a reward for the live capture of the tarantula, CBS Boston reports. Read These Next An NHL mascot had a close call with a grizzly bear. Here's another reason to limit ultraprocessed foods. Denmark is fixated on this statue's breasts. The crashes just kept on coming at this famous motorcycle rally. Report an error