Spider Talk

Dr. T. C. Jones, a professor of entomology at East Tennessee State University, gave a lecture on spiders at the Johnson City Public Library. The event drew a large captivated crowd of children and parents. Dr. Jones was very animated and had many hands-on demonstrations that allowed children to participate. At the end of his lecture, participants could visit some of the tables in the back of the room which were manned by ETSU students. The most popular table allowed people to touch live tarantulas and even have them crawl up their arms.

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