Do you know why they make 14 inch tweezers?

To pick up taratulas! This morning I was out with Ellen, one of the researchers and teammates Michelle and Chin-loo, Our job was to go into the jungle to check the traps we set on Wednesday. Well, we caught a few things! We were able to bag and bring back many frogs and a few lizards. They were waiting for us in trash barrels that are buried in the ground. In order to get them out, you reach down and pick them up with your bare hands. However, you before you do that you need to take out any potentially unfriendly creatures. We had to pick out a scorpion, a rat, and a couple of tarantulas. I can know speak from experience...you need to act quickly to get the tarantula. You quietly put your hand in the bucket with the tweezers ready to go and then swiftly grab it by the torso. (The tarantulas were probably about 5-6 inches.) After having safely it safely in the tweezers, you realease it quickly in the jungle ...far from the collection buckets! We also had to rescue one of the frogs from ants that were eating it alive. As the expression goes, it's a jungle out there!
Ms. S.