# More Than 3,000 Tarantulas Found in Smugglers’ Socks at Peru Airport

- Source: NYT World
- Published: 2026-11-08T18:33:15+00:00
- Category: World
- Original: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/08/world/americas/tarantulas-spiders-airport-peru.html
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/more-than-3-000-tarantulas-found-in-smugglers-socks-at-peru-airport-8c242b/

The National Forest and Wildlife Service of Peru said three people had tried to smuggle the tarantulas, which included a threatened species, into Germany.

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