One of the #Arachno19 talks is by Dr. Leanda Mason, presenting her work on the world's oldest spider, Gaius villosus No. 16, who you may remember from this lovely story: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2018/05/01/the-extraordinary-life-and-death-of-the-worlds-oldest-known-spider/
Anyway, I learned that for $250, you can sponsor a North Bungulla trapdoor spider for life and get updates on the continuing research: https://leanda.life/sponsoring-spiders/
And it may be a very long life indeed π π
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