Smuggler tried to board plane with hundreds of creatures in luggage
(NEWSER) - Bangkok authorities have busted a man who attempted to board a plane carrying enough creatures to start a small zoo. The Indonesian smuggler's three suitcases contained dozens of snakes—including two boa constrictors and 34 ball pythons—26 lizards of assorted kinds, six Argentine horned frogs, 18 baboon spiders, 22 squirrels, a parrot, and close to 150 tortoises of various species, according to Traffic, an organization that fights illegal wildlife trafficking. More»
