Snakes on a plane

[Roaming Reptiles]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090416/ap_on_re_au_an/as_odd_australia_snakes_on_a_plane

 

[Mel&Keith]

I'd say it's only a matter of days before they find those snaked....smelly.

I wonder how they managed to get on the plane anyway.

 

[nevinm]

I'd say it's only a matter of days before they find those snaked....smelly.

I wonder how they managed to get on the plane anyway.

agreed.


lets just give congress more reasons to pass HR

 

[Barbel]

I wonder how they managed to get on the plane anyway.

They were being shipped from one part of Australia to another. They had 12 in a box and four escaped.

 

[BettaDragon]

I feel bad for the snakes... Probably got stuck somewhere.

 

[Select Gex]

agreed.


lets just give congress more reasons to pass HR

It's in Australia?

 

[Barbel]

I wanted to add that the snakes are native to the part of Australia they were being shipped from.

 

[fallen_angel]

Poor little baby snakes!

 

[nevinm]

It's in Australia?

it doesnt matter, i can just hear it now, at the hear........ "did you know just 2 weeks ago several snakes were being shipped in austrailia. during the shippment some of these snakes were able to get loose on the plane. imagian if this happens here in the US. just think about the further damage this can do to our ecosystem."

yeah i can just see it now :main_no: its sad how easly words can be manipulated.

 

[fallen_angel]

Yeah, I can see that happening too :main_no:

 

[WftRight]

Does anyone else wonder whether the whole thing was a scam? Occasionally, we hear of someone running a reptile breeding scam over here. The person advertises that he (or she) has certain animals and gets orders pre-paid. The person doesn't really have the animals and ends up finding excuse after excuse not to ship. When I heard this story, I wondered whether the guy shipping the snakes hadn't oversold his inventory. Instead of doing the right thing and working out the details, he just put eight snakes in a bad instead of twelve and then insisted that he had put all twelve in the bag. Maybe this suggestion is completely wrong, but the alternative is accusing the guy of incompetence for not closing the bag properly.