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  • Climate change affecting Colorado tarantula population

    09/25/2021 9:03:54 AM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 33 replies
    The Associated Press ^ | September 25, 2021 | By CONRAD SWANSON
    DENVER (AP) — About this time every year, southeastern Colorado towns like La Junta see more visitors looking to glimpse saucer-sized Texas brown tarantulas as they scurry out of their burrows and across fields and roads in search of a mate. The eight-legged spectacle might not last long: Scientists say climate change, theft and human development are cutting into tarantulas’ population, with fewer emerging year after year. “It’s a noticeable numbers game,” said Ryan Jones, a research associate at the Denver Museum of Nature of Science. “If you compare pictures, you can tell that there are just fewer males out...