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          This excellent addition to Houghton Mifflin's Scientists in the Field series focuses on arachnologist Sam Marshall's study of tarantulas in the rainforest..

          The Tarantula Scientist

          The Tarantula Scientist
          (Scientists in the Field Series)
          Houghton Mifflin, March 2004

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          Yellow blood, silk of steel, skeletons on the outside!

          In this book you are invited to follow Sam Marshall, spider scientist extraordinaire (he's never been bitten), as he explores the dense rain forest of French.

        1. In this book you are invited to follow Sam Marshall, spider scientist extraordinaire (he's never been bitten), as he explores the dense rain forest of French.
        2. Temple Grandin is a scientist and professor of animal science at Colorado State University.
        3. This excellent addition to Houghton Mifflin's Scientists in the Field series focuses on arachnologist Sam Marshall's study of tarantulas in the rainforest.
        4. Readers follow the career of Sam Marshall, tarantula scientist extraordinaire, from his "Spider Lab" at Hiram College in Ohio to the rain forests of French.
        5. Meet arachnologist Sam Marshall as he explores the floor of the rainforest of French Guiana in South America, studying the habits and habitat of the Goliath.

          6. These amazing attributes creatures don’t belong to comic book characters or alien life forms, but to Earth’s biggest and hairiest spiders: tarantulas. Here you are invited to follow Sam Marshall, spider scientist extraordinaire (he’s never been bitten) as he explores the dense rainforest of French Guiana, knocking on the doors of tarantula burrows, trying to get a closer look at these incredible creatures.

          You’ll also visit the largest comparative spider laboratory in America—where close to 500 live tarantulas sit in towers of stacked shoeboxes and plastic containers, waiting for their turn to dazzle and astound the scientists who study them.

          Spectacular, rare photographs reveal the tarantulas’ eight legs and eyes, up close, and document hours of tireless investigation, showing the way tarant