When I visited my zoo keeper Laura at the zoo she told my a really funny story: The time she first worked with a tarantula.
She went to get it out of its cage. She opened the top and it ran out and straight up the wall. It then stop about halfway up the wall. "It was so freaky!!! But I was the only one there so I had to get it back in it cage!" She stood on a chair and managed to get the spider back into its cage. "It wasn't very hard" Laura then explained that tarantulas are like a cheetah. They can run really fast but have to stop.
So next time you freak out about a spider in your house, just remember- you don't have to get it back into a cage!
-Laura
The Henry Vilas Zoo blog is a community service project created by 3 Madison-area girl scouts. The posts do not reflect the opinions or viewpoints of the Henry Vilas Zoo or the Zoological Society.
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