{"id":15385,"date":"2023-09-30T12:54:46","date_gmt":"2023-09-30T07:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=15385"},"modified":"2025-04-03T10:27:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T04:57:06","slug":"chilobrachys-natanicharum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/chilobrachys-natanicharum\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Chilobrachys natanicharum?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Chilobrachys natanicharum:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a\u00a0<strong>new species of tarantula found in the forests of Thailand<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It has a &#8220;<strong>blue-violet hue resembling the color of electrical sparks<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>It derives its colours<\/strong> not from the presence of any blue pigmentation but rather from &#8220;the\u00a0<strong>unique structure of their hair, which incorporates nanostructures\u00a0<\/strong>that manipulate light to create this striking blue appearance.<\/li>\n<li><strong>These hairs are present on various parts of the spider&#8217;s body<\/strong>, including its legs, chelicera (pincer-like mouth appendages), and carapace (upper shell).\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It is\u00a0<strong>both terrestrial and arboreal<\/strong> &#8211; lives within tree hollows.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>What is a tarantula?\u00a0<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Tarantulas are a\u00a0<strong>type of large, hairy spider belonging to the family Theraphosidae.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>There are over\u00a0<strong>900 species of tarantulas found all over the world<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>except for Antarctica.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>They\u00a0<strong>move slowly on their eight hairy legs<\/strong>, but they are accomplished\u00a0<strong>nocturnal predators.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Adult tarantulas\u00a0<strong>average five inches (13 centimeters) long.<\/strong> When spread out, their leg span is up to 11 inches (28 centimeters).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What are nanostructures?<\/h3>\n<p>Nanostructures are engineered structures with features at the nanoscale \u2014 between 1 and 100 nanometers. They include nanotextured surfaces, nanoparticles and nanotubes, as well as more complex nano-scale structures. A nanometer (nm) is one billionth of a meter. Therefore, nanostructures are the smallest possible structures, as anything smaller would be a simple molecule or atom.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wionews.com\/science\/scientists-discover-rare-stunning-electric-blue-coloured-tarantula-species-in-thailands-lush-jungles-640279\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Scientists discover rare, stunning electric blue-coloured Tarantula species in Thailand&#8217;s lush jungles<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chilobrachys natanicharum  is a new species of tarantula found in the forests of Thailand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":15386,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15385","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15385\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}