{"id":159645,"date":"2019-09-02T16:46:37","date_gmt":"2019-09-02T08:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/featured\/-1802484\/"},"modified":"2019-09-02T16:46:37","modified_gmt":"2019-09-02T08:46:37","slug":"man-arrested-smuggling-nearly-100-tarantulas-through-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/2019\/09\/02\/man-arrested-smuggling-nearly-100-tarantulas-through-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Arrested Smuggling Nearly 100 Tarantulas Through Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/tarantula-StelogicPixabay-650x366.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"figcaption\">(via Stelogic\/Pixabay)<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Polish man was recently arrested after trying to smuggle nearly 100 tarantulas through a South American airport.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The spiders\u201438 adults, about 50 adolescents, and dozens of egg-filled cocoons\u2014were packed &#8220;in plastic bottles&#8221; hidden among his luggage, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afp.com\/en\/news\/826\/pole-caught-customs-web-tarantula-haul-doc-1jx15u1\"  rel=\"noopener\">the AFP reported<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Officials from Cayenne \u2013 F\u00e9lix Ebou\u00e9 Airport caught the man attempting to carry the hairy insects through the capital of French Guiana, an overseas department of France bordering Brazil and Suriname.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Self-described as &#8220;passionate about insects,&#8221; the unnamed Pole was arrested on Aug. 25 while preparing to board a flight to Paris.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to French wildlife protection agency ONCFS, the transport of live scorpions and tarantulas is not forbidden wholesale, but &#8220;regulated.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Certain species\u2014including some tarantulas\u2014enjoy special protected status, AFP pointed out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">French Guiana boasts a high level of biodiversity, thanks to its old-growth forests, protected by the Guiana Amazonian Park and six additional nature reserves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&#8217;s not actually that uncommon to find animals in airport luggage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Earlier this year, more than 1,500 live turtles and tortoises\u2014worth roughly $100,000\u2014were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/news\/more-than-1500-live-turtles-worth-almost-100000-found-in-abandoned-luggage-at-manila-airport-1776951\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">discovered inside four pieces of abandoned luggage<\/a> at the Manila airport.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A few weeks later, police arrested a Russian tourist attempting to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/news\/drugged-orangutan-found-in-tourists-luggage-in-bali-airport-1779839\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">smuggle a drugged orangutan<\/a> out of Indonesia in his suitcase\u2014to bring home as a pet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And just last month, an airline passenger <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/news\/airport-traveler-forgets-pet-snake-at-tsa-checkpoint-1800956\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">left their pet snake<\/a> at a Transportation Security Administration checkpoint in Newark Liberty International Airport.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 15-incher was spotted slithering around on the floor of Terminal C by a child.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More on Geek.com:<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/news\/astonishing-new-tarantula-with-bizarre-horn-on-its-back-discovered-in-angola-1774246\/\"  rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New Tarantula With Bizarre Horn on Its Back Discovered in Angola<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/news\/new-clone-like-spiders-found-in-colombia-named-after-star-wars-stormtroopers-1778687\/\"  rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New Clone-Like Spiders Named After &#8216;Star Wars&#8217; Stormtroopers<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/news\/biologists-capture-rare-images-of-amazon-spiders-devouring-frogs-lizards-and-small-mammals-1776576\/\"  rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rare Images of Spiders Devouring Frogs, Lizards, and Small Mammals<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/tarantula-StelogicPixabay-650x366.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\"><\/p>\n<div>(via Stelogic\/Pixabay)<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>A Polish man was recently arrested after trying to smuggle nearly 100 tarantulas through a South American airport. 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