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'Operation Spiderman' Busts Man Accused of Mailing Tarantulas
Dec 3rd 2010 – 2:17PM
(Dec. 3) -- A German man has been arrested in Los Angeles for allegedly mailing more than 500 live tarantulas to the U.S., authorities said. Special agents from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Postal Inspection Service arrested Sven Koppler when he traveled to Los Angeles to meet with an associate, the U.S....
Background on brachypelma smithi
Brachypelma smithi (Common name the Mexican Red-kneed Tarantula), is a terrestrial tarantula native to the western faces of the Sierra Madre Occidental and Sierra Madre del Sur mountain ranges in Mexico.
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