"And tonight it is true because Lisa has a little friend waiting in the back of her SUV, a tarantula named Taco. It's perfect. It's LA. Taco. It's perfect. She's an LA spider. GONZALEZ: She's an LA spider. So this is a type of tarantula that is found here in LA County. CHANG: I think of tarantulas as the warm and fuzzy spiders. At least I'm hoping Taco will be... GONZALEZ: They're like little kittens... CHANG: OK. GONZALEZ: ...Just with eight legs and fangs."
"CHANG: OK. Let's just hope this one is a kitten because I will be honest, spiders gross me out. All those legs, they're so creepy-crawly. And I hate accidentally walking through their sticky webs. But Lisa? Lisa is here to change my mind, something she aims to do all the time at the museum, where she is the program manager of the Spider Pavilion, an exhibit full of live spiders."
Spider season in Los Angeles coincides with spiders fattening, reaching adulthood and becoming ready to mate, increasing visible activity. Hosts and a museum program manager encounter a local tarantula named Taco, illustrating species found in LA County. Tarantulas can seem warm and fuzzy and are often compared to kittens despite having eight legs and fangs. Many people feel fear and disgust toward spiders because of their legs and sticky webs. The Spider Pavilion at the Natural History Museum of LA County houses live spiders and aims to educate the public, emphasize harmlessness, and foster appreciation through learning.
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