"Tarantulas are charismatic organisms," says ... "[These] forums show that people collect spiders a bit like people collect Pokemon – they want to 'catch 'em all'," says Alice Hughes, associate ...

has warned that the collectors are obsessed with the hobby and try to gather as many specimens as possible “like Pokemon”, referring to the Japanese pocket monster craze. “Tarantulas are ...

Expert Alice Hughes, a biology professor at Hong Kong University, has warned that the collectors are obsessed with the hobby and try to gather as many specimens as possible “like Pokemon”, referring ...