Anyone with mild or moderate depression can potentially benefit from cognitive behavioral therapy, even without taking medication. A number of studies have shown CBT to be at least as effective as antidepressants in treating mild and moderate depression.
Theraphosids (tarantulas and baboon spiders) are the longest lived spiders having a lifespan of more than 20 years in captivity. Unsurprisingly, all these longest lived spiders are females as males have shorter lifespansâafter reaching maturity (within a year or two) they mate and die.
1 1. Female tarantulas can live 30 years or longer in the wild. 2  2. The largest tarantulas have a leg span of nearly 10 inches, or about the size of a dinner plate. 3  3. Tarantulas are quite docile and rarely bite people. 4  4. Tarantulas defend themselves by throwing needle-like, barbed hairs at their attackers.