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I don’t think this is unusual. Hobby collectors can often have collective knowledge that rivals researchers. This is especially true for less popular/well funde

I don’t think this is unusual. Hobby collectors can often have collective knowledge that rivals researchers. This is especially true for less popular/well funded species like insects, fish, etc .

zokier 3y ago
In case of tarantulas, there is active black/grey market trading and smuggling them, so that probably explains why white-hat scientists have hard time following. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/19/science/spiders-tarantulas-arachnids-trade.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/19/science/spiders-tarantula...