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05-23-2014, 12:17 PM
The Prettiest Tarantula in All the Land
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Aragog (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-64vAnX**W0) would be proud.
At the 29th annual British Tarantula Society Exhibition last weekend in the United Kingdom, a rare Socotra Island Blue Baboon walked away with the best in show title, a trophy and eternal bragging rights.
See also: 10 Weirdest Things for Sale on eBay (http://mashable.com/2012/07/22/weirdest-things-ebay/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
The winning arachnid is native to Africa and came out on top **t only due to how uncommon it is, but also because of its good health. This is the first year its owner, Mike Dawkins, has entered the competition, but he has kept tarantulas for years (he has about 60 of the little guys)
"It was my first entry, Dawkins told*National Geographic (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/05/140521-tarantula-coventry-british-tarantula-society-theraphosidae-science-world/). "I was very surprised to win best African species, let alone best in show. That really shocked me." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/23/tarantula-competition/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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Aragog (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-64vAnX**W0) would be proud.
At the 29th annual British Tarantula Society Exhibition last weekend in the United Kingdom, a rare Socotra Island Blue Baboon walked away with the best in show title, a trophy and eternal bragging rights.
See also: 10 Weirdest Things for Sale on eBay (http://mashable.com/2012/07/22/weirdest-things-ebay/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
The winning arachnid is native to Africa and came out on top **t only due to how uncommon it is, but also because of its good health. This is the first year its owner, Mike Dawkins, has entered the competition, but he has kept tarantulas for years (he has about 60 of the little guys)
"It was my first entry, Dawkins told*National Geographic (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/05/140521-tarantula-coventry-british-tarantula-society-theraphosidae-science-world/). "I was very surprised to win best African species, let alone best in show. That really shocked me." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/23/tarantula-competition/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
More about Show (http://mashable.com/category/show/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), British (http://mashable.com/category/british/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Best (http://mashable.com/category/best/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), United Kingdom (http://mashable.com/category/united-kingdom/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), and Spiders (http://mashable.com/category/spiders/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/mjjQ-WkIkvg