Animals The Philippine customs has more than seven hundred living tarantula's confiscated. The critters were hidden in gift packaging and boxes of biscuits and oatmeal.
The tarantula's came Monday in a post office in the Philippine capital Manila. The packets were from Poland sent. A man that the animals came to claim it, was arrested.
The spiders are on the black market between five thousand and six thousand euro worth. Tarantulas are a popular pet in Filipino spinnenliefhebbers, but according to Philippine laws, it is forbidden to spiders to collect or to sell.