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The Tarantula Scientist
Scientists in the Field Series Book #13 of 62 in publication order (switch to alphabetical order)
Author: Sy Montgomery
Photographer: Nic Bishop

Book Info

Published on March 23, 2004
Age Group: 10 - 15 years
Reading Level: AR: 5.8 (2.0 Points, Quiz #77552)
GLE: 5.6
F&P/GRL: W
DRA: 60
Lexile® measure: 890L

Summary:
Describes the research that Samuel Marshall and his students are doing on tarantulas, including the largest spider on earth, the Goliath birdeating tarantula.

Excerpt/First Sentence(s):
Sam Marshall is lying on his belly in the rainforest, his freckled face just inches from a fist-sized hole in the dirt. He turns on his headlamp. He gently pokes a twig into the tunnel and wiggles it. "Come out!" he says into the hole. "I want to meet you!"

Publisher Description:
Yellow blood, silk of steel, skeletons on the outside! These amazing attributes 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 five hundred live tarantulas sit in towers of stacked shoeboxes and plastic containers, waiting for their turn to dazzle and astound the scientists who study them.

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