You know, we've never even considered packing snakes in our luggage, but it's one of the hottest trends in travel right now. The most recent trendsetter was a passenger arriving at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport who checked the snakes on his Korean Air flight. Customs officers found the reptiles when he touched down.
The icky part about these snakes on a plane is that they were already dead and packed with a dead bird and pieces of other birds. He faces a fine but the final punishment isn't clear because officials are still trying to work out what he planned to use the snakes for:
Right now our agents are a little leery about speculating on that, a federal spokesman said.
No matter how often we warn people that flying with crocodiles, chameleons or basically any animal is not really the best thing to do, there are always people out there who just won't take our advice.
Over the weekend, a young Saudi guy leaving Cairo was caught with snakes and crocs in his hand luggage, claiming he didn't know that transporting live reptiles was illegal. (Surely he'd wondered why normal people don't do it?) Along with a cobra that nearly slithered away, officers found no less than 250 baby crocodiles. That's a lotta reptile. We repeat again: leave your crocs in the river at home.
We're so glad that Snakes on a Plane is a real offering from Hollywood and not just something dreamed up by some college pothead (although it might be that too).
The mania for this summer comedy (or horror film?) has been slowly building, and we're looking forward to some real flooding of the zone in coming months. Entertainment Weekly has already run at least three items on the Samuel L. Jackson-and-snakes vehicle, and we think they're asking all the right questions: "How many snakes are on that plane? And just how poisonous are they?" Only 180 or so more days before we all find out!
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