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Germany.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Haupzollamt Koeln via AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;My colleagues at the airport are regularly surprised by the contents of prohibited packages from all over the world but the fact that they found around 1,500 small plastic containers containing young tarantulas in this package left even the most experienced among them speechless,&#8221; Cologne customs office spokesman Jens Ahland said.<\/p>\n<p>The package has arrived from Vietnam, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Ahland said it was an &#8220;extraordinary seizure&#8221; that &#8220;saddens us to see what some people do to animals purely for profit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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                <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Officials said most of the tarantulas did not survive the trip, in a suspected violation of German animal welfare rules. 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