visit La Junta
https://visitlajunta.net/tarantula-trek/
Never knew this about La Junta. I rescued a kitty there a decade ago.
Invite Klaus Schwab and his minions over for a tarantula BBQ
“ “It’s the males looking to mate with the females.” “
That’s awfully transphobic. Non-binary and questioning tarantulas have been systemically disrespected.
Males always seem to get the shorter end of the stick in the animal kingdom. They even sometimes end up dying during the mating process. The females just take and take and take and once impregnated, the males are unwanted and cast aside.
“It’s the males looking to mate with the females.”
Is he a biologist?
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We used to have a lot of them growing up in rural Denton, Texas in the 70’s. I guess the fire ants ran them off. Same with the horny toads.
Why is this article coming out now? This usually happens around late summer early fall.
“Oh, they’re not venomous.” Well, actually they are but don’t seem to be able to hurt us with it. Just smaller creatures. He also didn’t mention the irritating little hairs on its back that it can release.
I saw 3 very large ones crossing a dirt road I was on near there. Big enuff to hijack the car.
Reminds me of that William Shatner movie in the mid 70s where Tarantulas took over a small town.
In an article about one of my grandfather’s prospecting trips near the Arizona and Utah lines, it describes him being surrounded by a tarantula migration. He built a circular fire around himself, his wife and his seven burros and stayed there in the 92 degrees desert heat for four hours until the tarantula migration passed.
Told my wife about it. Her answer, “nope,nope,nope!”.
In the late 80s we had a study which took out to the lonely countryside south east of Socorro, New Mexico. While roaming the roads we saw an occasional tarantula sunning on the road. Since I was driving, I made the decision to capture one and take it home to Illinois. A brown lunch bag was empty and handy. Those were the pre 9-11 days before the Arabs ruined the world and no one cared what you took on the plane. You could even take your Mciver bag as carry on.
My little? friend successfully completed the trip. I installed him in a type of terrarium, fed him crickets and all was good until one night I woke up to a scream. There was a large spider on the loose in the bathroom. Our friend was returned to his home and the lid on the terrarium was made more secure.
Oh no!
I had to kill hundreds on Highway 1061 heading northwest out of Amarillo one time. When I pulled over for gas I expected to see dead bodies and hair all over the underside of my car and wheel wells. There was nothing.
It’s pronounced La Hunta, NOT La Juneta!!!! Stupid Sandra Bullock!