Four newly-discovered tarantula species were just dubbed the "Genital King," and for tarantulas, size really does matter.
The species are all under the genus Satyrex , which loosely translates to the epithet that Tinder dates around the world would love to boast. Still, they would certainly fall short compared to this tarantula, which can be found in southeastern Yemen and southwestern Oman, countries that share a border in Asia on the Arabian Peninsula.
A study published by the peer-reviewed scientific journal ZooKeys revealed the discovery o f the well-endowed spiders.
Spiders don't have penises, but instead have pedipalps, which are secondary sexual organs that deliver sperm to females, said Alireza Zamani, the arachnologist and taxonomist at the University of Turku in Finla