SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Felicia Daniels wants to be a veterinarianwhen she grows up. She's off to a good start.
When the pet tarantula in Felicia's eighth-grade classroom took atumble and cracked its abdomen, the students reassembled itsinnards, closed it up with Super Glue and apparently saved thecreature's life.
"It looked kind of gross," said Felicia. "At first I thought itwas going to make me sick. But then it looked kind of cool."
The spider, named Sir Isaac Newton, lives in an aquarium inCarolyn Mulkey's science classroom at Study Middle School.
Sir Isaac's brush with death occurred Thursday as Mulkey wastrying to hand the spider to student Charity Thomas. The spidertried to make a break for it but instead fell about 4 feet to thefloor.
Hitting the floor cut the tarantula's abdomen open. Student ChrisDavis had a brainstorm: surgery and Super Glue.
He and the guilt-stricken Charity donned plastic gloves and useda Popsicle stick to push the spider's vital organs back in placebefore Felicia applied the glue.
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