Blind Date Tarantulas
Personal memory by Karla Walden Caraway
1966 • Yellville, AR 72687, USA
When I was a child, I was fascinated by the number of tarantulas that crisscrossed the roads in the fall. As an adult, I learned that they have very poor vision, and they have to just "bump into someone" in order to find a mate. I almost never see them now.
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