Snakes alive!

Snakes alive!

Hundreds of live snakes, chameleons and baby crocodiles were found in a passenger's luggage at Cairo Airport.
Security officers were shocked to find the reptiles, including a cobra, in a Saudi man's bags, reports the BBC.
The 22-year-old was trying to board a flight to Saudi Arabia when police became suspicious after X-ray machines at the departure gate gave odd readings.
The animals were confiscated and turned over to Cairo Zoo.
The passenger, who said he was unaware that transporting live reptiles was illegal in Egypt, was later allowed to return to Riyadh, the Saudi capital.

He had claimed the animals were needed for scientific research.
Witnesses told Egyptian state news agency Mena how the discovery triggered a brief panic among security personnel at the airport.
Mena reported that the haul included about 250 baby crocodiles.
"This is the largest smuggling attempt of Nile crocodiles in the whole of aviation history," the agency quoted airport vet Yusef Mamduh as saying.

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