GERMAN CUSTOMS FINDS 1500 TARANTULAS IN CAKE MIX BOXES

Customs officials in Germany reported on Monday that they had seized roughly 1,500 young tarantulas found inside plastic containers that had been hidden in chocolate sponge cake boxes shipped to an airport in western Germany. The package had arrived from Vietnam. They were tipped off by a “noticeable smell” that didn’t resemble the expected aroma of cake mix. (* “Does this smell like dead tarantula to you?”) Opening the boxes, they found around 1,500 small plastic containers containing young tarantulas. Many of them didn’t survive the trip. The survivors were given to the care of an expert handler. Criminal proceedings are underway against the intended recipient.
* I say as punishment, they should give him back the 1500 tarantulas.
* In Germany, if you want to make true Black Forest Cake, you need to include the critters that you find in the Black Forest.
* What kind of dessert can you make with spiders? Mexican webbing cookies?