How to fly with a spider
I'll be visiting Brazil soon, and a friend of mine in Mexico City is a bit of an arachnophile, and has asked me to return with a Brazilian Whiteknee Tarantula for her. I realize there are likely legal obstacles to doing this, but lets assume that I have that all worked out. (Legal question here.)
Practically, how can one fly with a tarantula, without injuring the animal, and without scaring the !@#$% out of airline staff?
If it matters, it would be roughly a 15-hour transit, with a 1.5-hour flight followed by a 10-hour flight.
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Can I bring a spider on a plane?
Some well-behaved pets are allowed into the cabin during the flight, as long as they're safely secured. But, it's safe to say roaming tarantulas, whether they have a ticket or not, are certainly not welcome aboard.Can spiders fly using electricity?
Spiders have a more nuanced sense of atmospheric electricity, and can harness it to take flight. Research from the University of Bristol sheds light on \u201cballooning\u201d, in which a spider holds on to a single strand of thread that carries them aloft.Are spiders magnetic?
Ballooning, sometimes called kiting, is a process by which spiders, and some other small invertebrates, move through the air by releasing one or more gossamer threads to catch the wind, causing them to become airborne at the mercy of air currents and electric fields.How Spiders Use Electricity to Fly | Decoder
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