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One of the xenesthis immanis tarantulas that went missing near Bristol (Image: Shaun Webb)<\/p>\n‘For the love of God don’t open my parcel!’One of the xenesthis immanis tarantulas that went missing near Bristol (Image: Shaun Webb)<\/p>\n
Two large venomous tarantulas went missing near Bristol with their owner fearing they could literally fall into the wrong hands.<\/p>\n
A parcel containing the two venemous spiders<\/a> was sent to the wrong address in the outskirts of Bristol, causing some anxiety when the owner found his valuable tarantulas were missing.<\/p>\n Yesterday, Tuesday, July 8, a Facebook<\/a> post in the afternoon warned that parcels from two properties had been mixed up, with the potential for an unlucky recipient to have a very nasty surprise in the shape of two Colombian lesser black tarantulas<\/a>.<\/p>\n Shaun Webb, who lives near Warmley, posted a warning on Facebook to anyone who may have had his parcel delivered to them by mistake, saying: “If you do [have my parcel] for the love of God don’t open it.<\/p>\n “There are tarantulas inside.”<\/p>\n Shaun spoke to Bristol Live and said the parcel, which was quickly passed onto him by the recipient, contained the two missing tarantulas.<\/p>\n Shaun said: “Thankfully, the parcel wasn\u2019t opened.<\/p>\n “I\u2019m sure it would\u2019ve been quite the shock [to the recipient] if they had opened it.<\/p>\n “I wasn\u2019t very pleased, sending animals through the postal system is stressful enough! But mistakes happen and it was all sorted quickly.”<\/p>\n Shaun said he keeps tarantulas as pets and compared the spiders to keeping goldfish.<\/p>\n Shaun said: “I\u2019ve kept tarantulas as pets for over 10 years now. They\u2019re actually quite fascinating but, like goldfish, it\u2019s more of a hands-off experience.”<\/p>\n Shaun said the two tarantulas have since been housed in their new homes.<\/p>\n The tarantulas, of the xenesthis immanis species, are also known as the Colombian lesser black tarantula, and is a large spider which can grow up to 22cm in length.<\/p>\n It is a venomous spider, but a bite is not considered dangerous to humans.<\/p>\n The Facebook post saw a wide range of comments, one person said: “New fear unlocked.”<\/p>\n Another person said: “Reminder for everyone this is why we don\u2019t open other people’s mail.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"‘For the love of God don’t open my parcel!’One of the xenesthis immanis tarantulas that went missing near…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":252469,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[933,381,10648,748,393,600,4884,10299,16,15,32317],"class_list":{"0":"post-252468","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-animals","9":"tag-bristol","10":"tag-bristol-live","11":"tag-britain","12":"tag-england","13":"tag-facebook","14":"tag-great-britain","15":"tag-south-gloucestershire","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom","18":"tag-warmley"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114826869845057416","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}