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Man smuggles 44 lizards in his underpants

By T.K. Randall
January 27, 2010 · Comment icon 10 comments

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A man from Germany has been jailed after attempting to smuggle a number of reptiles out of New Zealand in his underwear.
The German reptile collector attempted to carry 44 geckos and skinks out of the country by hiding them inside a small pouch he had concealed in his underpants, he was fined $5000 New Zealand dollars and jailed for 14 months.
A German reptile collector has been jailed for 14 weeks and must pay a 5,000 New Zealand dollar ($3,540) fine for plundering New Zealand's wild gecko and skink populations, a judge ruled Tuesday.


Source: MSNBC | Comments (10)




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Comment icon #1 Posted by :PsYKoTiC:BeHAvIoR: 15 years ago
I can't begin to imagine how big this special pouch on his underwear is to support 44 lizards. Hahaha. This is the best I can do to keep it civil and on-topic. Although I really didn't think these creatures would be part of a billion dollar black market industry. Who would have thought.
Comment icon #2 Posted by ~Onyx~ 15 years ago
What? No trouser-snakes?
Comment icon #3 Posted by Shadowmalerenamon 15 years ago
Plundering the geckos o.0? PROTECT THE GEICO ONE!
Comment icon #4 Posted by Dark Morphling 15 years ago
This is by far the DUMBEST idea iv'e seen someone attempt...what does he possibly have to gain from smuggling geckos? And if it is for some black market thing then i want to know for how much and how i can get involved cause that has to be on of the easiest ways of making a buck
Comment icon #5 Posted by brlesq1 15 years ago
The lengths some people will go to...
Comment icon #6 Posted by Piney 15 years ago
The lengths some people will go to... to see who can act the stupidest?? Lapiche
Comment icon #7 Posted by Flamemagic 15 years ago
My hubby got a kick out of it. I don't think I can repeat what he said on this forum though.
Comment icon #8 Posted by Samuronin 15 years ago
I wonder how it feels like having an ecosystem in your pants.
Comment icon #9 Posted by Whisk and Plunger 15 years ago
8 Weird live things found by customs Made me think of htat.. It's amazing how people will try to get stuff into the country
Comment icon #10 Posted by MirrorImage 15 years ago
I wonder how it feels like having an ecosystem in your pants. Just imagine if the little buggers were hungry!


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