Big hairy spiders abandoned at Mexico airport


MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Customs officials found 500 Chilean tarantulas at Mexico City's international airport, abandoned after the owner of the spiders failed to complete import paperwork.

The environment ministry said 135 of the Chilean Rose tarantulas died. Of those that survived, 20 have been donated to the capital city's Chapultepec zoo and the rest transferred to a wildlife center run by the ministry.