{"id":625845,"date":"2026-06-07T10:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T10:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/625845\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T10:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T10:56:10","slug":"conservation-blues-meet-the-shy-sa-spider-at-risk-of-vanishing-due-to-illegal-exotic-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/625845\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservation blues: Meet the shy SA spider at risk of vanishing due to illegal exotic trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/baboon_spider_resized.jpeg\" alt=\"The blue-footed baboon spider is being illegally traded on global exotic pet markets.\" height=\"521\" width=\"675\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                    The blue-footed baboon spider is being illegally traded on global exotic pet markets.\n                <\/p>\n<p>\n                        @tarantulas_glasgow\/Instagram\n                    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Be among those who shape the future with knowledge. Uncover exclusive stories that captivate your mind and heart with our FREE 14-day subscription trial. Dive into a world of inspiration, learning, and empowerment. You can only trial once.\n        <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The blue-footed baboon spider is being illegally traded on global exotic pet markets. @tarantulas_glasgow\/Instagram Be among those who&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":625846,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[2851,4696,1397,22124,90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-625845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-animals","tag-conservation","tag-environment","tag-poaching","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=625845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/625846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=625845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=625845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=625845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}