More Than 3,000 Tarantulas Found in Smugglers’ Socks at Peru Airport

November 8, 2026 · 6:33 pm 1 sources

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• More Than 3,000 Tarantulas Found in Smugglers’ Socks at Peru Airport
  The New York Times · November 8, 2026 18:33
  The National Forest and Wildlife Service of Peru said three people had tried to smuggle the tarantulas, which included a threatened species, into Germany.