In June 2005 , an Australian woman bring down at Melbourne Airport after a holiday in Singapore and was check by custom official . The doll she was wear bulged oddly , and they could hear what wasdescribedas “ ‘ flipping ’ noises ” coming from it .
You have to wonder , as they pulled her by for a search , what they were imagining they were about to expose . Itturns outthat under her skirt , she wore an apron with pockets , into which she had slipped 15 bags containing 51 fish that she was lawlessly smuggle into the country , including an jeopardise Asian arowana , valued at a total of $ 30,000 .
She had n’t aviate all the fashion from Singapore with the animate being in her skirt , though . According toThe Age , the woman had packed the fish in her bag and went to the bathroom after she landed so she could transfer them to the apron , which she had make specially for hiding them .
The woman faced a fine of 110,000 Australian dollars and as much as 10 years in jail . Shepled guiltyand was sentenced tonine monthsof community of interests serve , but unfortunately , the fish had to be demolish — they just posed too much risk to native wildlife .
Animal smuggling is no joke : It ignore the upbeat of the beast being smuggle , bring some species closer to experimental extinction , and increase the risk of harm native environment through disease . And there ’s a lot of it : In July 2024 , a man was caught trying to smuggle snakes out of Hong Kong into Shenzhen , China , by concealing the reptiles in his pants . An Australian mantriedto hook bouncy pigeons into that country by strapping one to each of his leg in 2009 . But that ’s nothing compared to the Dutch traveler who wasarrestedin French Guiana with unrecorded hummingbirds in his crotch . It seems pants are a common place for smugglers to conceal animals .
In thelatest episodeof The List Show , master of ceremonies and Mental Floss editor in chief - in - honcho Erin McCarthy deal some utterly wild stories of people smuggling animals .
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