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Creepy find: German customs net tarantulas in cookie shipment
AFP, Published on 15/07/2025
» FRANKFURT - German customs officers have discovered a massive haul of about 1,500 tarantulas hidden inside a shipment disguised as cookies, authorities said Monday.
New releases for your streaming pleasure: Sept 13-19
Guru, Published on 13/09/2023
» Looking for a title to binge-watch this weekend? Here's our pick!
Sydneysiders warned of deadly spider swarms after floods
AFP, Published on 24/03/2021
» SYDNEY: A "plague" of the world's most venomous spiders could swarm Sydney after torrential rain and flooding, the Australian Reptile Park said Wednesday, warning that the deadly arachnids could seek refuge in homes as they escape the deluge.
Creepy cargo: Philippines seizes 757 tarantulas from Poland
Associated Press, Published on 03/04/2019
» MANILA: Philippine customs officials were astonished when they opened nicely gift-wrapped boxes of cookies and oatmeal flown in all the way from Poland and found a hair-raising contraband: hundreds of live tarantulas.
Not so incy wincy: spider kills snake in Outback duel
AFP, Published on 12/02/2016
» SYDNEY - A plucky little spider has once again proved that size doesn't matter by taking on -- and beating -- a much larger venomous snake, in a very Australian telling of the story of David and Goliath.
Recluse spiders 'must be left alone'
Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 21/01/2016
» A veterinarian on Thursday said the venomous Mediterranean recluse spiders found in a Kanchanaburi cave would not harm humans just as long as people left the insect alone.
Deadly spiders found in Death Railway cave
Online Reporters, Published on 20/01/2016
» Tourists and avid cavers are being warned of dangerously poisonous Mediterranean recluse spiders which have been discovered in Thailand for the first time in Kanchanaburi province.
Australia spider may be new species of deadly funnel-web
AFP, Published on 09/09/2015
» SYDNEY - Australian scientists have discovered what could be a new species of the deadly funnel-web spider, after finding a large specimen living in a national park.
Man critical after spider bite
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 19/07/2014
» A man in Phrae province has become the first confirmed person in Thailand to be bitten by a brown recluse spider, a venomous species native to the United States.
Snakes alive: deadly tenants nest in Australia's suburbs
AFP, Published on 26/08/2013
» They are the nightmare tenants who can live undetected alongside Australian families for years: the world's deadliest snakes.