I ask this because I showed some friends of ours a picture on my phone of my juvenile B.smithi. Their daughter, Erin, who is only 5 told me she held a full size tarantula at Longleat. Her mother confirmed this.
I've seen Longleat on TV loads of times and would like to visit one day, but I would have thought they would have known that handling tarantulas, by the public and especially by very young children should be a no no. So my question is this, does large zoological places such as Longleat ask and seek advice from the BTS? I would like to think that the oldest organization of its kind has some sort of influence.
I've seen Longleat on TV loads of times and would like to visit one day, but I would have thought they would have known that handling tarantulas, by the public and especially by very young children should be a no no. So my question is this, does large zoological places such as Longleat ask and seek advice from the BTS? I would like to think that the oldest organization of its kind has some sort of influence.
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