Man caught with 2,000 live ants in his luggage after trying to smuggle them out of Kenya. They were rare queen ants intended for sale to exotic pet and insect collectors.
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Man caught with 2,000 live ants in his luggage after trying to smuggle them out of Kenya. They were rare queen ants intended for sale to exotic pet and insect collectors.
by searchjobs_poster
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Its quite unbelievable how weird humans can be at times. Literally paying thousands of dollars & risking being caught just for ants.
Tbh, i too keep exotic inverts & other animals which have been moderately expensive so i may be somewhat biased lol.
Most importantly, i really feel bad for those ants. Must have been very stressing.
I always smuggle them in my pants, no one ever checks there.
Imagine popping two of those thinking they’re advil, absolute nightmare
You could also have the ants from your backyard.
not what i want to go to jail for
Paul rudd, we need you noooooow
Very interesting smuggling item
heard about drugs and gold but smuggling ants is wild. wouldn’t believe it if i didn’t see this post. dude really thought airport security wouldn’t notice 2000 bugs in his bag lol.
Our house is crawling with them … can I sell them to you???
Isn’t it one queen ant per colony? What will happen to them now?
imagine risking prison because you got deep into bug ebay
How rare are they? They were likely caught during the swarming season with thousands being everywhere.
Government gave prison sentence because he had no permit, not because the specie is endangered.
I have a problem with exotic trade of animals that are endangered or greatly affected by it. We lack the basic information about how common or rare these ants are.
We also lack basic information on how easy or difficult it is to get the permit, and whether the individual tried.
2000 queens! There’s gotta be a lot of work going into collecting that many queens and getting them into a pod 1 by 1.
a friend got paid to remove a snake but first bred it and sold it’s children for thousands of dollars.
Leaf cutter ants maybe? I’m no ant expert.
Edit: should have watched the whole video first. Apparently these are just garden variety ants.
What a fkn nerd
Forbidden pills *proceeds to swallow a handfull*
Wildlife traffickers and poachers need to be publicly flogged
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If anyone wants some ants: you can come pick them from my kitchen. Only 1 cent/ant obo.
https://preview.redd.it/rlbkk6mrn23h1.jpeg?width=256&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=532ec80ae7f17288892f0f120e330298727e671f
How tf did this person though itll go at the airport? Oh i see this peeson has 20000 capsules in their suitcase, yeah seems normal next.
Meanwhile the *Zoolander Center for Ants for Ant Advancement* is waiting for their foreign exchange students.
Humans suck…
Can’t be too rare. He has 2000 of them.