was he trying to get on a plane per chance?
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I was going to make a snakes on a plane joke, but it sounds like he was driving.
I heard it was actually 99 snakes.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
A man traveling into China was caught attempting to smuggle over 100 live snakes of various sizes in his pants, according to media reports.
“Upon inspection, customs officers discovered that the pockets of the trousers the passenger was wearing were packed with six canvas drawstring bags and sealed with tape," a statement from China’s customs agency said Tuesday.
"Once opened, each bag was found to contain living snakes in all kinds of shapes, sizes and colors," the statement said, adding that many of the snakes caught in the smuggling attempt were non-native species.
The man tried to bring the snakes from Hong Kong into the Chinese border city of Shenzhen, officials said.
The incident, while bizarre, is indicative of a larger problem, particularly in China, which is one of the most prolific hubs for illegal wildlife trade.
This environmental and wildlife smuggling poses threats to native animal species and represents a $20 billion annual black market — the third-largest illegal trading syndicate behind drugs and counterfeit food, according to Moody’s.
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