Read more about the article Air Passenger Smuggled Giant African Land Snails For His Lunch
Picture shows one of the snails, undated. A man was found with 23 giant snails in his luggage in Nuremberg, Germany. (Nuremberg Main Customs Office/Newsflash/NX)

Air Passenger Smuggled Giant African Land Snails For His Lunch

A shell-fish flyer caught with 23 giant African land snails in his luggage stunned customs officials when he told them he wanted to cook them for his lunch. The monster-sized…

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Read more about the article Ultra Deadly Poison Dart Frogs Found In Flyer’s Luggage
Customs seize a poisonous frog from a passenger's luggage in Shanghai, China, undated. The person was also carrying other animals. (AsiaWire/NX)

Ultra Deadly Poison Dart Frogs Found In Flyer’s Luggage

This is the on-the-hop moment customs officials discover a deadly cargo of one of the world's deadliest animals being carried in a passenger's luggage. Toxins secreted by the tiny poison…

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Read more about the article Four Parrots Spotted Taking Casual Bus Ride Among Stunned Commuters
Footage shows a man with four parrots on the bus in the Uskudar district of Istanbul in Turkey, undated. The footage was shared on Twitter (X) on Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025. (CEN)

Four Parrots Spotted Taking Casual Bus Ride Among Stunned Commuters

This footage filmed by baffled travellers shows four parrots riding the bus alongside their owner, with two of them calmly perched up on passenger seats. The unusual scene was recorded…

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Read more about the article Stunned Customs Officers Find Severed Crocodile Head In Passenger’s Luggage
Image shows the crocodile's head, undated photo. It was found in a passenger's suitcase in Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia. (Federal Customs Service/NF/newsX)

Stunned Customs Officers Find Severed Crocodile Head In Passenger’s Luggage

These images show the severed crocodile head that customs officers found in a female passenger's luggage on a flight from Thailand. The stunned customs officers in Novosibirsk, in Russia, found…

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Read more about the article Customs Detain Female Passenger After 448 Live Hermit Crabs Discovered In Bizarre Smuggling Attempt
Customs seize 448 hermit crabs from a passenger's luggage at Dalian Zhoushuizi Airport, China, Saturday, Jul. 20, 2024. The customs have transferred the batch of hermit crabs to the follow-up department for further processing. (Customs/AsiaWire)

Customs Detain Female Passenger After 448 Live Hermit Crabs Discovered In Bizarre Smuggling Attempt

Female passenger is detained by customs for attempting to smuggle 448 live hermit crabs into China. Customs officials conducted routine inspections on arriving passengers on international flights landing at Dalian…

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Read more about the article Surprise Find For Customs Officials As Passenger Tries To Smuggle 63 Reptiles
Photo shows turtles found inside the baggage of a passenger at the airport in Hong Kong on April 1, 2024. The seized 63 turtles have a market value of HKD 819,000 (GBP 83,336). (Hong Kong Customs/AsiaWire)

Surprise Find For Customs Officials As Passenger Tries To Smuggle 63 Reptiles

Looking like giant Easter eggs wrapped up in tape, customs officials have seized 63 live turtles from a passenger arriving on a flight from Malaysia. The turtles, which have not…

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Read more about the article Bus Passenger Caught With Hundreds Of Snakes, Spiders, And One Centipede In Suitcases
Photo shows one of the snakes, undated. Passenger was arrested with 90 snakes, 236 spiders and a centipede hidden in suitcases on a bus traveling to San Justo, Buenos Aires. (Ministerio de Seguridad/Newsflash)

Bus Passenger Caught With Hundreds Of Snakes, Spiders, And One Centipede In Suitcases

A man who was caught travelling on a bus with 90 snakes, 236 spiders, and a centipede stuffed in two suitcases has been arrested. The animals were discovered in the…

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Read more about the article Monkey Hitchhikes Bus And Grooms Passenger’s Head As Others Flee
Monkey touches the head of an elderly man after it entered bus in Lucknow, India, undated. Passengers left the bus. (CEN)

Monkey Hitchhikes Bus And Grooms Passenger’s Head As Others Flee

Passengers fled from a bus after a monkey climbed on board and sat calmly inspecting an elderly passenger's hair. The incident happened on the bus in Lucknow, the capital of…

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Read more about the article Hungry Flyer Caught With Smoked Snake Snack In Luggage
Photo shows Armadillo Girdled Lizard meat that was caught at Stuttgart Airport on Tuesday, October 17, 2023. A man, 34, from Cameroon tried to smuggle four kilos of the exotic animals. (Hauptzollamt Stuttgart/Newsflash)

Hungry Flyer Caught With Smoked Snake Snack In Luggage

A plane passenger flying from Cameroon was seized by customs officers in Germany when they found a grim stash of smoked snake and lizard meat in his luggage. The 34-year-old…

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Read more about the article Air Passenger Caught With More Then 600 Creepy Crawlies Stashed In Bag
Image shows scorpions, undated photo. They were seized by customs in the city of Cologne, Germany. (Cologne Main Customs Office/Newsflash)

Air Passenger Caught With More Then 600 Creepy Crawlies Stashed In Bag

A suitcase crammed with more than 600 live tarantulas, scorpions and other terrifying creepy crawlies has been seized by amazed customs officials in Germany. The bag was intercepted at Bonn…

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