Smuggled tarantulas discovered in Germany
by editors@theworld.org (Patti Daniels) from The World: Latest Stories on (#6YN12)
Customs agents at the Cologne Bonn Airport in Germany revealed today that what appeared to be a shipment of chocolate cake mix, was in fact a package containing 1,500 tarantulas being smuggled from Vietnam. The young spiders were in plastic vials, and many did not survive the trip. Host Carolyn Beeler has more.