Tarantulas Are DISAPPEARING in the Wild! Here Is Why

If you keep a tarantula as a pet, it is not surprising you are fascinated and enamored by these species. But as the tarantula hobby grows and more and more people become interested in keeping these large spiders as pets, we must face the uncomfortable reality that many species of tarantula are becoming threatened or even endangered in the wild. Today we discuss some of the main reasons for their continuing drop in numbers and what we can do to help protect and even restore their numbers in the wild!

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00:00 Intro
00:35 Reason #1 Deforestation
02:15 Reason #2 Extermination
03:48 Reason #3 The Pet Trade
06:12 Positive Aspects of the Pet Trade
06:59 How Can We Protect Tarantulas in the Wild?
08:05 The Importance of Buying Captive Bred Pets
09:41 Outro

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