FINALLY GETTING ANOTHER TARANTULA

 

       It's been years.  I'm finally getting another tarantula, from the Carolina Biological Supply Company, who sent me my very first tarantula, in 1964, and launched my years of correspondence with Alice Gray of the American Museum of Natural History, my book All About Tarantulas, my founding of the American Tarantula Society, and many happy years with several more tarantulas.

       A few days ago I brought my son-in-law Matthias into the Lund Library to show off some things, and he asked, "Do you have a tarantula now?"  And I said, "No, I just don't feel like taking care of a pet now."

       Then I thought, 'Why not?'  (They're the easiest pet to care for.)