Smuggler caught with 320 tarantulas, 110 centipedes strapped to body at airport
Smuggler caught with 320 tarantulas, 110 centipedes strapped to body at airport
Airport security allegedly caught a man who was attempting to smuggle over 300 tarantulas and over 100 centipedes by strapping them to his body.
"We received a report from the security staff at the Jorge Chaves International Airport," said Pilar Ayala, a biologist with SERFOR (Peru's National Forestry and Wildlife Service). "In the report they indicated that they found a Korean citizen in possession of wildlife specimens."
Security staff at the airport became suspicious when they noticed that a 28-year-old South Korean passenger had an "unusually swollen" stomach, according to local reporting referenced by Reuters.
"It was observed that the citizen had placed these specimens in small ziploc bags with filter paper," Ayala continued. "They were placed around his body, contained by two girdles."
Authorities reported the suspect was attempting to smuggle 320 tarantulas (35 of which were the size of a human hand), 110 centipedes, and nine bullet ants on his body.
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I couldn't handle that many centipedes in close proximity to my body. Imagine if they all got out inside of your girdle.
It's the bullet ants that would worry me.
Sounds like tickle time!