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Peru airport thwarts plot to smuggle 3,000 tarantulas in dirty socks
📍 Peru, PE·🕐 4h ago·4 outlets
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✓ Verified · 4 outlets
Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.
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cross checkconfirmed90%
[Claude] Both other reports describe the same seizure of 3,000 tarantulas at a Peruvian airport; Report 2 says 'luggage' rather than socks, which is a difference in detail rather than a contradiction.
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Reliability
Reliability ScoreVery high
93%Independent outlets4
Statusverified
AI checknone yet
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Score bands
Very high80–100%
A highly rated outlet, or several independent outletsHigh60–79%
One well-rated outlet so farModerate40–59%
A lower-rated or state-run outlet, or one report of something seriousLow20–39%
A low-rated outlet on a serious or sensitive storyVery low0–19%
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Independent outletsEach further outlet that reports the story closes 40% of the gap to 98%
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Not in the score: AI checks and reader flags. Verified is separate: two or more independent outlets and a score of at least 65%.
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low risk