Tarantula handling returns in new exhibit at Butterfly Pavilion north of Denver

The Butterfly Pavilion, located in the northwestern Denver metro area, is finding new ways for visitors to get up close with ...
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Rosie the tarantula ‘retires’: Butterfly Pavilion to stop public handling for health

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DENVER (KDVR) — The Butterfly Pavilion is stopping its decades-old meet and greets with Rosie the tarantula, a popular spider ...
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Butterfly Pavilion's Rosie the tarantula retiring from public handling

WESTMINSTER, Colo. — Metro Denver's most famous arachnid is moving on to a new phase of her life. Butterfly Pavilion announced that beginning Sept. 8, Rosie the Chilean rose hair tarantula will no ...
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This gentle rose hair tarantula looks surprisingly calm during close handling

A large tarantula sits quietly in the keeper’s hand, creating a surprisingly calm close-up moment. Rather than moving quickly ...
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Butterfly Pavilion ends public handling of Rosie the tarantula

Time is running out to hold Rosie the tarantula at the Butterfly Pavilion. The Westminster invertebrate zoo this week announced it is ending public handling of its well-known Chilean rose hair ...