30 spiders, of which the majority deadly, and two scorpions were found abandoned in a Bogota airport bus, reported Radio Caracol Monday.
Most alarming for the authorities is that 17 of the spiders are poisonous and lethal, speaking of ten tarantulas, four wolf spider, two banana spiders and one black widow.
“Unlike many people believe, these animals are very dangerous because of their venom, some species can easily injure a person with just one bite and some can even lead to death. The person who left these animals behind clearly ignored the risk he exposed to Bogota”, said District Secretary for the Environment, Juan Antonio Nieto Escalante.
The boxes, in which the spiders and scorpions were transported, were marked with a stamp that read “aranario of Colombia”, a company that could not be located by the authorities.
