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Thank you for taking a moment to check out our fundraising campaign! I'm Tanya Higgins; a biologist who is honored to be part of the moderator team for The Tarantula Collective community and a fierce supporter of citizen science.
Tarantulas are fascinating animals that are unfairly maligned and rarely researched, but our dedicated keepers are in a unique position to change that. From our community of thousands, I have enlisted a group of 50 humans and more than 180 fuzzy arachnids ready to embark on a study of tarantula behavior. Our goal is to learn more about how tarantulas perceive their surroundings and what effects environmental enrichment may have on their well-being.
This fundraiser will assist me in purchasing the materials needed for our study as well as covering postage costs. Neither I nor our volunteers are being compensated with this money - we're driven solely by our love of tarantulas and scientific discovery.
All donors will be given access to regular updates and will receive a PDF copy of the resulting paper prior to publication. Any excess funds collected will go toward future community-based research projects.
Please consider supporting this sorely neglected realm of behavioral science by donating today. Every dollar really does help.
* Please note that donations will be processed using my husband's accounts (Steven Groesbeck).
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