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Worst Spider SmugglingNominee

November 17th, 2009 by Doug Lansky

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The BBC reports that a Brit was arrested at Rio de Janeiro’s airport when he attempted to smuggle at least 1,000 live spiders (many of them tarantulas) out of Brazil in his luggage. In Brazil, animals are banned from export without permission.

The man, a pet shop owner, was caught when security X-rays detected the spiders  in two separate suitcases.  (Lesson: animals show up on security X-rays.)

He’s out on bail but faces up to a year in prison and a max fine of $2.3 million.


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  1. May 10th, 2010 at 18:00 | #1

    eww so nasty uz peeps r google crazy

  2. Anonymous
    September 11th, 2010 at 02:50 | #2

    awsome

  3. Anonymous
    October 4th, 2010 at 16:23 | #3

    bbb

  4. October 10th, 2010 at 22:45 | #4

    so freaking scary creeps me out like shit!

    eeewww

  5. Anonymous
    March 5th, 2011 at 01:38 | #5

    Did it bite you.

  6. stevencastillo
    March 24th, 2011 at 17:11 | #6

    have you ever got bitten by one of these

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