A South Korean man has been arrested in Peru when he tried to leave the country with 320 bird spiders attached to his body, reports BBC.
The 28-year-old man tried to board a flight that would take him back to South Korea, when airport staff discovered that his stomach looked unusually swollen. When he was checked, it turned out that he had placed the hundreds of spiders in small plastic bags that he in turn carried in two belts.
35 of the bird spiders were fully grown, and 285 were young. In addition to the bird spiders, there were also 110 centipedes and nine ants. They are now being taken care of by wildlife caretakers, reports the TV channel.
Smuggling of endangered animals is very lucrative, according to BBC.
