Snakes on a Real Plane III
July 12th, 2006 at 4:15 pm
Once again, a snake has found its way onto a real life plane. The Toronto Star reports:
Dutch customs detected a live poisonous snake that was sent by airmail on a flight from Hong Kong to a collector in the Netherlands, the Finance Ministry said Wednesday. Inspectors thought the snake was a gag rubber gift when they first scanned the package, which was labelled “toy goods.” But then they scanned it again and saw it move, ministry spokesman Kees Nanninga said.
The snake was a Fea’s Viper, found in the forests of southeast Asia. It is rare but not on endangered lists, and known as highly poisonous but not usually aggressive toward humans.
The one thing this story lacks, is a Monty Coles angle.
Monty would have beasted all over that snake with just one hand while the other hand piloted the plane.