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Imagine Tarantulas Climbing All Over You at Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
Photos, video, story by Cassie Hepler We like to get our hands dirty furry here at Explore Philly. And if that means holding a huge, fuzzy spider, so be it. Meet Misty, a rose haired Chilean tarantula with blue tones on her butt. She’s 8 years old and was very calm, cool and collected. We were eager to hold her which really resulted in her climbing all over our hands. She felt weightless and we only spazzed out slightly once but fortunately Invertebrate Specialist Karen Verderame and Misty didn’t even notice. Now you too can see the biggest, baddest and most fearsome of all spiders in Tarantulas: Alive and Up Close…