Customs officials discover 1,500 tarantulas concealed in a spongecake delivery
Discovery of Tarantulas in Cake Shipment Recently, German customs authorities made a surprising find when they uncovered around 1,500 young tarantulas hidden among boxes of sponge cakes. The shipment, which had arrived from Vietnam three weeks earlier at Cologne Bonn Airport, weighed over 15 pounds and emitted an unusual odor that triggered the authorities to […]
Man arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle hundreds of tarantulas and centipedes on flight
A Korean man has been arrested in Peru after allegedly trying to smuggle hundreds of tarantulas and centipedes onto a plane to South Korea. The 28-year-old South Korean, who has not been named by Peruvian authorities, tried to smuggle 320 tarantulas, 110 centipedes and nine gun ants from Peru, according to reports on Wednesday. He […]