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>>> MR.
>>> MR. DREW HAS BEEN ON YOUR SHOW A NUMBER 4@OF TIMES TEACHI
>>> MR. DREW HAS BEEN ON YOUR SHOW A NUMBER 4@OF TIMES TEACHI@ US ABOUT EXOTIC ANIMALS THAT HE
HOPES TO REHABILITATE AND
PROVIDE A HOME FOR.
HE VISIT SCHOOLS 4@AND PARTIES
AND ALSO HAS A LEARNING SPACE
WHERE KIDS CAN FEED OR HOLD
SOME OF THESE REMARKABLE
CREATURES4@.
>>4@ AND WE STOPPED BY TO LEARN
ABOUT A 4@FEW OF THE FAVORITE
BUGS AND CHECK ON4@ TARANTULAS
AND SCORPIONS WHO LANDED IN HIS
CARE AFTER THEY WERE SEIZED
FROM A NORWAY HOTEL ROOM.4@
THAT IS A GIANT BIRD EATING
TARANTULA4@ .
>> BIRD 4@EATING?
>> THAT'S WHAT THEY CALL IT,
THEY RARELY EAT BIRDS BUT ON
OCCASION THEY PROBABLY GET
THEIR BABIES.
>>4@ OH MY WORD4@ 4@.
>> THIS ONE HERE IS GO4@ING TO
FLICK 4@A TEAR AND4@ IT'S LIKE
FIBERGLASS INSULATION.
SO, IT'S A DEFENSE MECHANISM, 4@
TO PROTECT THEMSELV4@ES BECAUSE
THOSE HAIRS GET INTO THE EYE OF
THE ANIMAL AND IT COULD WALK
AWAY4@ AND A LOT OF TARANTULAS
ARE GROUND SPIDERS.
SUMMER CALLED THE BOREAL, WHICH
MEANS THEY'D RATHER BE UP HIGH.
AND THIS WOULD STAY IN A TREE
BRANCH AND FEED ON INSECTS UP
HIGH.
IT'S HIDING IN THERE.
THIS IS A CRITICALLY ENDANGERED
SPECIES.4@4@4@
.
SPECIES.4@4@4@ . >> THE QUESTION IS4@ HOW STRONG
THE VENOM IS.
A LOT OF THESE ARE NOT, AND IF
YOU GET BIT BY THEM, UNLESS
YOU'RE ALLERGIC TO BEES, WON'T
BE AN ISSUE.4@
AND THIS CAN CAUSE NERVE DAMAGE@
BUT, GENERALLY SPEAKING THEY
ARE NOT AGGRESSIVE.
BUT, A LOT OF THESE GUYS ARE
REALLY 4@VERY MELLOW.
THEY WILL DO THE HERE'S LOOKING
AT THINGS LIKE THAT4@4@4@. DOES
TAKE TIME FOR THEM TO ADJUST
THE IDEA OF BEING HANDLED?
>> YES.
THERE ARE SOME ANIMALS WE DON'T
LET ANYBODY HOLD, OR4@ SPECIFIC
TO ME ONLY4@ I HOLD AND TH4@AT
IS PRETTY.4@
IT'S NOT OF PLAYFUL ANIMAL.
I NEED TO 4@RESPECT IT.
AND SOME ARE SO USED TO
TRAVELING THAT THEY WILL GLADLY
GO4@. IT'S ENOUGH TO SAY,4@4@ W
BE HOME TODAY.
LIKE THESE GUYS I HAVEN'T
PLAYED A LOT WITH BECAUSE THEY
JUST CAME IN.
WE ARE JUST ADJUSTING.
I TAKE IT4@ YOU OUT AND TRY THE
OUT AND GET THEM ACQUAINTED. WE
WILL PUT 4@THAT AWAY.
>> THERE 4@WE GO.
NOW, SO, WE HAVE SOME FUN
THINGS LIKE THE SCORPIONS .
>> WHERE DID THAT COME FROM?
SECOND THAT WAS PART OF THE
COLLECTION THAT GOT TAKEN .
>> THIS IS AN 4@EMPEROR SCORPIO
IT'S A BIG DESCRIPTION IN THE
WORLD, IT HAS A STINGER, IT'S
LIKE A BEE STING, NOTHING MORE.
SHE HAS STUNG ME A FEW TIMES
BUT NOW SHE'S GETT4@ING USED TO
BEING HANDLED.
HER TAIL IS LYING FLAT AND
SHE'S CALM.
IF I POKE IN TEASER THE TAIL
COMES UP AS A DEFENSE OF.
SO, THAT IS BACK OFF, I'M
GETTING READY.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT,4@ WHEN HER
TAIL GOES FLAT, SHE'S QUITE
RELAXED .
>> OKAY . 4@
>> THESE GUYS MAKE 4@GREAT PETS
>> I'M SORRY, THEY MAKE GREAT4@
PETS A?
>> YES, THEY CAN LIVE UP TO 4@
SEVEN YEARS.
THEY ARE EASY TO CARE FOR.4@
YOU HAVE TO KEEP THEM WARM AND
HUMID, MAINE IS NOT A GOOD
PLACE FOR THEM.4@4@
.
>>4@ THEIR JOB IS TO CLEAN THE
ISLAND.
THESE GUYS EAT THE LEAVES. THEY
MAKE COMPOST.
THEY PLANT TREES AND THEY ARE A
THESE GUYS EAT THE LEAVES. THEY MAKE COMPOST. THEY PLANT TREES AND THEY ARE A@
FOOD SOURCE .
>> SO, THESE GUYS END UP IN
MAINE4@ .
>> YES, LIKE ALL OTHER EXOTICS,
SOMEONE IMPORTED THEM IN4@.
>> BUT4@ THERE ARE $30,000 SPEC@
, AND ONLY 30 ARE HARMFUL TO
HUMANS.
LESS THAN 1% OF ALL SPECIES OF
COCKROACHES ARE HARMFUL AND
THIS IS ONE OF THE HARMLESS
ONES.
IT'S A BENEFICIAL SPECIES .
>> YOU WITH THINK4@ TWICE IF YO
SAW THAT RUNNING ACROSS YOUR
FLOOR.4@ 4@
>> WHAT DO THE KIDS REALLY GET
EXCITED ABOUT?4@
.
>>4@ I'M GOING TO HAVE TO DO TH
BECAUSE YOU ASK. AND IT'S THIS4
.
>> I LIKE THAT WHEN I 4@DO THAT
>> KIDS ARE ALWAYS AMAZED
BECAUSE OF THE SHOCK FACTOR4@.
>> SO, OTHER 4@THAN THAT .
>>4@ IF YOU'D LIKE TO FIND OUT
HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT MR. DREW
AND IS4@ ANIMALS TOO, BECAUSE
ANIMALS EAT A LOT, HEAD TO THE
207 SECTION OF OUR WEBSITE OR
MOBILE APP.
WOULD YOU EAT ONE?4@
>> I'M GONNA TELL YOU, THAT
SEGMENT CRIED OUT FOR A LITTLE
REPORTER INVOLVEMENT4@ .
>> NOT IN THE AGE 4@OF COVID.
>>4@ SPEAKING OF COVID, NEVER
HAVE YOU BEEN MORE GRATEFUL FOR
SOCIAL DISTANCING THEN YOU WERE
AS YOU ARE HANGING OUT WITH MR.
DREW.4@
>> I DO HAVE TO SAY THAT I'M
IMPRESSED THAT YOU DIDN'T BOLT
OUT OF THE BUILDING SIMPLY
HEARING THE WORD TARANTULA THE
SIZE OF A DINNER