OK, we need to say right up front: This is not a joke.
Customs officials in Amsterdam Wednesday were scanning a load of airmail that had just come on a flight from Hong Kong when they found what looked like a rubber novelty snake inside a package.
When they scanned the package again, the toy snake moved. Cutting open the cardboard box, they found a plastic tub with holes. Inside that they found a Fea's Viper, a rare and extremely poisonous snake native to southeast Asia.
"Holy fucking shit, there are motherfucking snakes on this plane!" Dutch finance ministry spokesman Kees Nanninga would have said, were his role played by Samuel L. Jackson. Instead he explained very matter-of-factly that yes, it was a real snake, and just one, and no one was in any danger, and it was illegal, blah blah blah. After vigorous prodding by reporters, Nanninga did offer this gem: "It could have escaped."Source
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