Don't believe it. Ripley got it wrong on two counts.
First, the name of the cave is "Braken" not "Bracken." It's an understandable mistake and often confused with the bat cave owned by BCI. Randy Waters and I named it as a joke, which is another story, never imagining that this tiny cave would gain any notoriety. Second, the spider was not relocated. Instead, the search for other localities for spider began in earnest to determine if the highway would have to be moved or if enough other localities exist to conserve that endangered species even if the highway covered the new small cave (not Braken) where it was discovered during highway construction. To the best of my knowledge, that study is still in progress but probably close to wrapping up. George ******************** George Veni, PhD Executive Director National Cave and Karst Research Institute 400-1 Cascades Avenue Carlsbad, New Mexico 88220-6215 USA Office: 575-887-5517 Mobile: 210-863-5919 Fax: 575-887-5523 gv...@nckri.org<mailto:gv...@nckri.org> www.nckri.org<http://www.nckri.org/> From: Texascavers [mailto:texascavers-boun...@texascavers.com] On Behalf Of Geary Schindel via Texascavers Sent: Monday, July 4, 2016 08:46 To: 'texascavers@texascavers.com' <texascavers@texascavers.com> Cc: 'Fran Hutchins' <fhutch...@batcon.org> Subject: [Texascavers] Bracken Bat Cave Spider makes Ripley's Believe it or not in the San Antonio paper July 4 The Monday, July 4, 2016 San Antonio Express News, Comic Section under Ripley's Believe it or Not! OK, Hold it. In 2012, the rare Braken Bat Cave Meshweaver Spider was discovered during road work in San Antonio, Texas - Halting construction for two years while scientists worked to relocate the tiny arachnids! Geary Schindel
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