September 23, 2023 Issue, Page 10 of 10

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Living 10 - The Elk City News September 23, 2023 OSU tailgate celebrates New Frontiers construction progress By Mandy Gross 300 Oklahoma State Univer- ture faculty, staff, alumni and struction progress of the new the tailgate tent, but they also memories of their time at the PURILE PEOPLE sity New Frontiers donors and friends gathered to celebrate home for OSU Agriculture. got to enjoy a sweet treat from Dairy Bar.” STILLWATER. - More than Ferguson College of Agricul- Cowboy football and the con- The OSU Foundation part- Larry & Kay's Dairy Bar. This year’s sponsors indlud- nered with OSU Agriculture ‘The Dairy Bar was a staple ed the Oklahoma Beef Council, to host the third annual New ‘on OSU's Stillwater campus Enid Brewing Co. and an anon- Frontiers Tailgate on Sept. 16 from 1928 until 2006. The New ymous donor. VERTERFEST* before the Cowboy football Frontiers Agricultural Hall will game against South Alabama. feature a re-envisioned Dairy To view photos from the ‘The event featured a meet-and- Bar for future Cowboys to en- event, please visit the New greet with OSU Agriculture joy when the building opens Frontiers Tailgate gallery. Vice President and Dean Jay- next fall. The New Frontiers cam- son Lusk. Matt and Kristine Waits paign was launched in January “The New Frontiers Tail- are major gift donors to the 2020 to build a new state-of- gate is an excellent tradition to New Frontiers campaign and the-art facility for OSU Ag- celebrate the progress of New attended this year’s tailgate. riculture. The New Frontiers Frontiers Agricultural Hall,” “We are proud to be a part Agricultural Hall, expected to Lusk said, “It was an honor and of the New Frontiers cam- - open in fall 2024, further ad- a tremendous opportunity for paign, and the new building vances teaching, research and me to meet and greet alumni, is something that is overdue Extension efforts that are criti- friends and New Frontiers sup- and needed,” said Matt Waits, cal to the state’s economy, citi- porters at the event. We look a 1999 OSU agricultural eco- forward to next year when we nomics graduate. “It’s great zens’ safety and quality of life. sone mse 1 ===, can celebrate the completion of they are bringing back the By advancing OSU Agriculture our new home.” Dairy Bar. It has a long his- and its programs, New Fron- Not only did tailgate goers tory, and everyone who went tiers is fostering innovation to “/ iURPLE PARADE see the construction site from through the ag college has fond help feed the world. Male tarantulas on the prowl this fall season By Trisha Gedon get on the move, but typically their abdomen as a defense mating season is from late Au- mechanism. When this spe- STILLWATER - It may look gust through October.” cial set of hairs is released and like a scene from the 1990 Male tarantulas mate after comes into contact with skin, movie “Arachnophobia,” but in their final molt into full adult- it can cause animals and hu- reality, the increased number hood and typically live only mans to itch in the affected of tarantula sightings simply a few months afterward. Al- area. means it’s mating season. though the male’s mating time “When they become dis- When large numbers of is limited, it could mate more turbed, they release those ur- tarantulas are seen, especially than 100 times with more ticating hairs by rubbing their when a cluster is crossing the than 100 female tarantulas. back two legs across the hairs road, people often believe they During mating season, fe- to create a sort of forcefield,” are migrating, said Andrine male tarantulas remain close Shufran said. “The hairs are Shufran, Oklahoma State Uni- carried by air movement and to their burrows. They emit versity Extension specialist pheromones to attract a mate, are incredibly itchy to people and director of OSU's Insect and much like swiping left or and animals, It's easy to see > 4 CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT, Adventure. right on a dating app, when a the stress level of a tarantula CAR SMASH & DUNK TANK “The truth is male taran- tulas are moving around this male tarantula approaches, the female will decide whether or by how bare that urticating patch is.” time of year in the quest for not to accept him. The Insect Adventure at a mate. Mating season is de- “Females lay between 300 OSU has been home to more termined by temperature and and 350 eggs that are encased than 1,000 tarantulas over the microclimates,” Shufran said. in an egg sack she creates in years, and anyone wanting to CALL (580) 526-3924 FOR MORE INFORMATION “It can be earlier or later be- cause the males are waiting on her burrow,” Shufran said. learn more about tarantulas “Eggs take up to three months and other insects is welcome the right situation and cues to to emerge, but the survival rate to plan a visit. for spiderlings to adulthood is Interesting facts about ta- pretty low due to predation rantulas: Enjoy higher dividends on deposit accounts and lower auto rates. and environmental factors.” ‘They can go more than a ny — year without feeding due to a In Oklahoma, tarantulas have a leg span of 6 inches at very low metabolism. most, compared to some tropi- Despite having eight eyes cal species that are the size of that appear as a single spot on a dinner plate. Despite their the top of its head, tarantulas scary appearance, tarantulas have poor eyesight. are not dangerous. Shufran Females lay between 300 said more people are killed by and 350 eggs during the mat- Christmas trees than spiders ing season. every year. ‘There is only one species of “Tarantulas do have the ca- tarantula in Oklahoma - the pacity tobite if they feel threat- Oklahoma brown tarantula. ened, but they're most likely Tarantulas spin silk just (3ndurance to run away,” she said. “When like all other spiders. there’s no other alternative, There are about 1,200 they'll face off by standing on named species of tarantu- their back four legs and show- las worldwide, compared to ing their fangs. This is typically 400,000 named species of when the spider and the hu- beetles. Federal Credit Union man part ways and no one gets. Tarantulas are good preda- hurt. However, tarantulas will tors and eat aphids and cater- bite asa last resort.” pillars. 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