{"id":748508,"date":"2022-01-13T21:30:53","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T21:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/13\/look-apparently-abandoned-tarantula-found-on-london-commuter-train\/"},"modified":"2022-01-13T21:30:53","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T21:30:53","slug":"look-apparently-abandoned-tarantula-found-on-london-commuter-train","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/13\/look-apparently-abandoned-tarantula-found-on-london-commuter-train\/","title":{"rendered":"Look: Apparently abandoned tarantula found on London commuter train"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jan. 13 (UPI) —<\/span> Passengers on a London Underground train were shocked to come face-to-face with an unusual straphanger — a tarantula.<\/p>\n

The RSPCA said commuters spotted the tarantula in a plastic tub on a train that arrived at the London bridge station.\n<\/p>\n

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The tarantula was handed off to station staff members, who contacted the RSPCA.<\/p>\n

Animal Rescue Officer Mat Hawkins visited the station to bring the spider, identified as a pink-toed tarantula, to specialists at the South Essex Wildlife Hospital.<\/p>\n

“Passengers got more than they bargained for when they spotted this little guy on the train! He was shut inside a plastic tub so we believe he had been abandoned in the carriage,” Hawkins said in an RSPCA news release.<\/p>\n

“Thankfully, passengers alerted staff, who kept him safe in their office until I could arrive to collect him.”<\/p>\n

Pink-toed tarantulas are native to Central and South America and islands in the Southern Caribbean. They commonly are kept as pets.<\/p>\n

The South Essex Wildlife Hospital said the apparently abandoned tarantula will be given a new home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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