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'Operation Spiderman' Busts Man Accused of Mailing Tarantulas

(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....

Stir-Fried Tarantula: Food Photographer Snaps World's Nastiest Dishes

(Oct. 12) -- Globe-trotting food photographer Neil Setchfield may get to travel the world for a living, but his seemingly glamorous gig can, at times, be very hard to swallow. For the past three years, the U.K.-based shutterbug has combed the globe in search of the nastiest, most bizarre foods that different countries...

Background on tarantulas

Tarantulas (as the term is used in North America) comprise a group of often hairy and very large arachnids belonging to the family Theraphosidae, of which approximately 900 species have been identified.

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