Deserta Grande wolf spider (Hogna ingens) | Photo: Pedro Cardoso, License: CC BY 4.0

Creatures-Podcast: Deserta Grande wolf spider

Published on the YouTube channel of Citizen Conservation the 31.03.2022. | By: Jakob Hein

A profile of the Deserta Grande wolf spider: the species is critically endangered and depends on conservation breeding under human care – such as in zoos and aquariums – to survive.

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Note: The podcast also covers the pioneering work from Bristol Zoo, about which we have already reported.

https://relaunch.zoos.media/medien-echo/zoo-bristol-erst-zucht-seltensten-spinnen-welt/

This shows, once again, how important ex situ breeding is.

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