Tarantula, assault charges fly in Hennepin County [Minnesota] Board race | Political hopeful Marisa Simonetti seems to think buying and deploying a tarantula is how adults settle disputes.
Tarantulas are extremely fragile creatures. She probably killed that poor thing.
On the flip side, if it's a new world tarantula, then they have highly irritating hairs that they'll spray in the air. Those hairs would be more dangerous than a bite, as a spider has little to no interest in attacking an ape 50x its size.