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1,500 tarantulas discovered stuffed in sponge cake bins at German airport

Editorial Board Published July 14, 2025
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Roughly 1,500 younger tarantulas had been discovered inside plastic containers that had been stuffed in chocolate sponge cake bins shipped to an airport in western Germany.

The venomous spiders had been discovered at Cologne Bonn airport three weeks in the past after customs officers had been tipped off by a “noticeable smell” that didn’t match the anticipated aroma of the alleged treats, officers stated in a press launch on Monday.

This photograph reveals plastic containers holding younger tarantulas that had been hidden in chocolate sponge-cake bins shipped to Cologne Bonn airport, western Germany. 

Haupzollamt Koeln through AP

“My colleagues at the airport are regularly surprised by the contents of prohibited packages from all over the world but the fact that they found around 1,500 small plastic containers containing young tarantulas in this package left even the most experienced among them speechless,” Cologne customs workplace spokesman Jens Ahland stated.

The bundle has arrived from Vietnam, officers stated.

Ahland stated it was an “extraordinary seizure” that “saddens us to see what some people do to animals purely for profit.”

Germany Smuggled Spiders

Some 1,500 tarantulas had been discovered hiding in chocolate sponge-cake bins shipped to Cologne Bonn airport, western Germany.

Haupzollamt Koeln through AP

Officers stated a lot of the tarantulas didn’t survive the journey, in a suspected violation of German animal welfare guidelines. The survivors got into the care of an professional handler.

Ahland instructed The Related Press that the estimated worth of the cargo continues to be being assessed.

Legal proceedings are underway towards the meant recipient within the Sauerland area partly for alleged violations of failure to pay the correct import duties and make the correct customs declarations, the workplace stated.

In response to the Nationwide Wildlife Federation, tarantulas are massive, furry arachnids that common about 5 inches lengthy as adults, although when unfold out, their leg span is as much as 11 inches. They’ll dwell as much as 30 years within the wild, in keeping with Nationwide Geographic.

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