Like other tarantulas, the cobalt blue tarantula is nocturnal. It makes its home in southeast Asia's tropical forests, where it likes to live alone in a burrow dug into the ground.

While walking through the forests of Guyana’s Potaro Plateau one night in 2014, herpetologist Andrew Snyder noticed a flash of bright cobalt blue peeking out of hole in a rotting tree stump ...

Cobalt is currently on display at the "Alligator Capital of the World," Gatorland, where the theme park has designed a new exhibit to showcase his unique coloring and protect him from the sun.